Starting this evening, the hunt for pirates begins with the new platform aimed at blocking sites that illegally broadcast copyrighted sports events. Last December, Agicom had defined the technical and operational requirements for the operation of the new tool.
The last obstacle, the appeal by Assoprovider, was overcome last week with the go-ahead from the Tar of Lazio, according to which «the action of the Authority is aimed at providing quick intervention tools against massive phenomena of online copyright violations, but not in conflict with the exercise of the jurisdictional function». The operation of the platform, called «Piracy Shield», developed by the legal firm Previti's start-up and donated by the Serie A football league. It is based on a machine to machine system.
The accredited owners, who have already obtained a precautionary measure for the protection of the protected right, in the face of further violations of the same right, can 'upload' the violation reports, accompanied by adequate evidence, on the platform which automatically directs them to the accredited Isp who proceed to block the Ip address and/or the Fqdn (the full domain name) within the next 30 minutes. A race against time, because matches last 90 minutes and hackers are quick to create new transmission addresses. The first test will be this evening's Serie A advance Lecce-Fiorentina, but important responses are expected after Sunday's big match between Inter and Juventus. In England, the only other state to use a tool of this type, the results appear to be positive for the moment, although it is a continuous chase after the pirates, just as it happens with computer viruses.
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