"The core of this matter is Italy's "Piracy Shield," a law administered by Italy's telecoms regulator, the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM). Copyright holders can file a blocking request to AGCOM. If the regulator approves the requests, it uses an automated system to inform ISPs and other players that they must block access to certain IP addresses and not provide DNS services to domains suspected of facilitating piracy."
""It required us to not just remove customers, but also censor our 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver meaning it risked blacking out any site on the Internet. And it required us not just to censor the content in Italy but globally. In other words, Italy insists a shadowy, European media cabal should be able to dictate what is and is not allowed online. ""
Italy enforces a Piracy Shield under AGCOM that allows copyright holders to request blocks; approved requests trigger automated notices instructing ISPs and providers to block IP addresses and refuse DNS services for suspected piracy domains. Serie A and Serie B support the regulation to stop pirate streams and preserve revenue, with other rights holders backing it. AGCOM fined Cloudflare one percent of annual revenue—about €14 million—after alleging noncompliance with blocking orders. Cloudflare's CEO criticized AGCOM's process, said the orders would force global DNS censorship including its 1.1.1.1 resolver, and threatened to pull services and leave Italy.
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