The text that already has the approval of the Chamber will be in the classroom by mid-July. So as to enter into force for the start of Serie A
Next week, the following week at the latest, bill 621 will be in the Senate and, if none of the articles are rejected (unlikely after the unanimity arrived from the Senate Commission which discussed the various amendments presented), the new and awaited anti-piracy law will be a reality. At that point, only the promulgation of the President of the Republic and the publication in the Official Gazette will be missing. However, the goal had never been closer to the delight of the broadcasters, who bought the TV rights, and of the Lega Serie A, which with CEO De Siervo has been carrying on a battle against illegal sites and the “pezzotto” for some time . The day on which the general debate will take place in Palazzo Madama, the vote on the articles (in the drafting office, in the classroom, amendments cannot be presented) and then the final vote has not yet been scheduled, but the process of the provision is finished . Now we are waiting for the president of the Senate, La Russa, to put it on the agenda. Certainly, however, the… game will be closed before the summer break of parliamentary work, the first week of August. Dazn and Sky, holders of the rights for the next championship and yesterday in private negotiation with the League (like Mediaset) for those after 2024, would be happy if, as everything suggests, there will be a law for the start of Serie A 2023-24 able to fight those who broadcast Serie A matches. Ditto the entire football system which in 2022, compared to 2021, saw the number of piracy acts on live sport increase by 26%. However, the percentage is even impressive (+178%) if we consider the data for 2016. The CEO of Dazn Italia, Stefano Azzi. he explained: «The economic impact is decidedly negative given that the sports sector loses up to 800,000 euros per day in turnover».
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It will be a pioneering law at European level for the fight against piracy, a phenomenon which, given the numbers contained in the Ipsos survey on behalf of Fapav, the Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Multimedia Content Industries, is worrying increase: in 2022 illicit revenues were 345 million, 30 more than in 2021 (+9%). The same survey documented that the most effective deterrent is blocking sites, with 40% of adult pirates turning to legal alternatives after seeing an illegal site blocked. In recent years, Agcom has shut down over 3,000 websites: 1,150 in the last 18 months alone, with 500 “pirates” identified and reported. Now, with even more effective means, he will be able to disable access to illegally distributed content and fight crime that makes money by reselling the signal, for example with the “pezzotto”.
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When the law enters into force, Agcom, in collaboration with the national cyber-security agency, will convene a technical table which will be attended by service providers, Internet access providers, TV rights holders, content providers and audiovisual media service providers. The objective is to identify the tools necessary to disable, within a maximum of 30′, pirated domains or IP addresses, through a single technological platform with automated operation for all recipients of the disabling measures.
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