- Jan 24, 2011
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Italian authorities have decided to block a total of 46 websites that offer torrents, streaming and file sharing services. This is said to be the largest operation against pirate websites Italy has seen so far.
According to TorrentFreak, the list of domains to be blocked by Italy’s ISPs includes watchfreemovies.ch, mondotorrent, casacinema, dopinatorrent, truepirates, filmxtutti and universfilms.
Both their domain names and DNS addresses will be blocked to ensure they can’t be accessed.
Fulvio Sarzana from the Sarzana and Partners law firm specializing in Internet and copyright disputes has told TorrentFreak that the domains of sites linking to torrent files have been seized.
Sarzana highlights the fact that blocking file-sharing sites means many users will not be able to access their files.
The massive anti-piracy operation is being carried out by Italian police and it’s coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Rome. The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Guardia di Finanza special task force will order ISPs to ban the sites.
It’s interesting that the operation is not a result of complaints filed by copyright holders. Instead, this is an initiative of the police. In any case, the entertainment industry is pleased with the decision.
This isn’t the first time the Public Prosecutor of Rome cracks down on websites accused of providing pirated materials. Back in April 2013, a total of 27 file sharing websites were blocked at ISP level. The list included Rapidgator, BitShared and VideoPremium.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/46-Piracy-Websites-Will-Be-Blocked-at-ISP-Level-in-Italy-430610.shtml
According to TorrentFreak, the list of domains to be blocked by Italy’s ISPs includes watchfreemovies.ch, mondotorrent, casacinema, dopinatorrent, truepirates, filmxtutti and universfilms.
Both their domain names and DNS addresses will be blocked to ensure they can’t be accessed.
Fulvio Sarzana from the Sarzana and Partners law firm specializing in Internet and copyright disputes has told TorrentFreak that the domains of sites linking to torrent files have been seized.
Sarzana highlights the fact that blocking file-sharing sites means many users will not be able to access their files.
The massive anti-piracy operation is being carried out by Italian police and it’s coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Rome. The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s Guardia di Finanza special task force will order ISPs to ban the sites.
It’s interesting that the operation is not a result of complaints filed by copyright holders. Instead, this is an initiative of the police. In any case, the entertainment industry is pleased with the decision.
This isn’t the first time the Public Prosecutor of Rome cracks down on websites accused of providing pirated materials. Back in April 2013, a total of 27 file sharing websites were blocked at ISP level. The list included Rapidgator, BitShared and VideoPremium.
Read more: http://news.softpedia.com/news/46-Piracy-Websites-Will-Be-Blocked-at-ISP-Level-in-Italy-430610.shtml
