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Study: Italian Piracy Shield risks outweigh intended benefits

An academic paper, prepared in advance of an international conference on network and service management, suggests that Italy’s Piracy Shield causes significant collateral damage. In the paper, 90th Minute: A First Look to Collateral Damages and Efficacy of the Italian Piracy Shield, the University of Twente researchers, Raffaele Sommese, Anna Sperotto, Antonio Prado, Jeroen van […]

October 15, 2025By Colin Mann

Italy strengthens online copyright protection

Italy’s Communications Regulatory Authority (AgCom) has broadened its online copyright regulations to include all live content, including films, TV series premieres, and music. The ‘Piracy Shield’ platform allows rights holders of live events to report copyright infringements and have access to illegal content blocked. They can now register on the ‘Piracy Shield’ platform, either directly […]

August 4, 2025From Branislav Pekic in Rome

MotoGP extends Sportian partnership

MotoGP has extended its long-term partnership with Sportian, the sports division of Globant. As the collective fightback against sports piracy continues, the partnership has achieved breakthrough results in removing illegal content. Since beginning its anti-piracy partnership with La Liga, co-founder of Sportian, over five years ago, MotoGP has been successful in tracking and removing illegal […]

March 21, 2025By Colin Mann