Fines of 5,000 euros for using IPTV: how you can get caught

In Italy they are also trying to intimidate users using IPTV to be able to watch football. Like he already did Javier Tebas At one time in Spain, the Italian competition was looking for a legal loophole to be able to fine people using these devices to watch games. It seems that this proposal will not be implemented, since in the case of Spain judiciary has confirmed that only those offering this content can be identified, not the end consumer. A few months ago, a tough law was already passed in Italy, but it doesn’t work, and they want to convey it to users directly.

A few months ago it was in Spain when Javier Tebas announced with great fanfare the decision of the Barcelona court, according to which it allegedly obliged operators to provide data of users who watched football through IPTV and today it is from Italy that a campaign has begun against fans who watch football through this platform, which distributes the video signal thanks to a broadband connection. Since their latest law didn’t work, the transalpine country wants to propose a new rule that would fine fans who consume pirated football up to €5,000.

In Italy, they want to implement this new law after an agreement between the telecommunications regulator (AGCOM) Rome prosecutor’s office and the Italian financial police and announced Luigi De SiervoItalian Thebes. This alliance arose after the failure Pirate shieldone of the main measures of the previous rule, and that it was a mechanism that allowed copyright holders to quickly report illegal content related to pirate football through a block that was carried out within a few minutes.

All parties are working on a new law, which, as is happening in Spainmay make little progress as justice may stall legal access to user data. He judiciary in Spain has already clarified that sanctions may be imposed in relation to pirate football cardsharerswho is responsible for supplying pirated football to the public, and not to the users themselves.

“An irresponsible initiative that, for the sole benefit of the football lobby, tramples the operators, the Authority and the Internet ecosystem.” Giovanni Zorzoni, president of the Italian Association of Internet Providers (AIIP), said of this proposed law, which also wants to force VPN and DNS services to block pirated content. To do this, they will ask manufacturers Smart TV which prohibit the installation of VPN on their devices. Something that also seems difficult.

Tebas and his crusade against ITPV

This bill in Italy should soon be approved by Congress and will come into force soon. Javier Tebas continues his crusade to end pirate football in Spain. Last March, the patron of the League held the order Commercial Court No. 8 of Barcelona which seemed to mark a “before” and “after” regarding piracy, as there was talk that operators would be required to provide data of customers who watched football via IPTV.

Following the uproar, the Catalan Supreme Court was forced to issue a statement making it clear that only the data of the people supplying the pirated football would be requisitioned, not the end consumer. “The description of this practice allows us to conclude that acts are being carried out to provide or distribute, directly or indirectly, content, works or benefits covered by audiovisual rights. These actions, which constitute the basis for consent to the requested pre-screening, can only be performed cardsharers who relay the signal and profit from it, and not just end users,” he warned, in his opinion.

This was another stick for Javier Tebas The fight to end pirate football in Spain continues. “After Malta, we are the country with the most piracy in Europe. This is not a lost war, and I am confident that it will end. If Google wanted it, piracy would stop by 80%. In Arab countries there is no pornography, here piracy is a crime, it could also be blocked… but Google does not do this. The intellectual property of clubs is violated. If they stop defending, the clubs will go bust and it will be a disaster,” the Spanish football boss said in a recent interview.