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Italy Gives DAZN, Sky and Serie A Over 2,000 IPTV User Identities for Damage Claims

Court approval shifts anti-piracy efforts toward civil action against sanctioned subscribers.

Overview

  • Prosecutors authorized the transfer of investigative data, giving rights holders the information to sue in civil and administrative venues.
  • The users were traced in operations by the Guardia di Finanza units in Rome and Lecce that dismantled an illegal IPTV infrastructure.
  • The list covers more than 2,000 subscribers across 80 provinces who had already been sanctioned by financial police.
  • DAZN’s CEO said compensation could reach several thousand euros, roughly equal to about ten years of legal subscriptions.
  • Authorities report nearly 2,500 users sanctioned so far this year, with over 3,000 more in identification, and note some sanctioned individuals are cooperating with investigators.