Audiovisual piracy is a criminal act and is an increasing sore in recent years, all over the world and in particular in Italy. Considering that the main form of piracy is digital, which takes place in various ways on the web, and by calculating only the usual internet users, the incidence of piracy among adults in our country exceeds 60%.
Lega Serie A have decided to combat the piracy in different ways: speeding up of IPTV blocking times by ISPs and Hosting; the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of the issue directly to fans and citizens; a request to the authorities to provide for stricter penalties to those who cause damage not only to our industry, but to the entire Italian economy.
On the international front, Lega Serie A is actively engaged, together with the most important international federations and major European leagues, in the battle against beoutQ, an illegal platform that pirates sports and entertainment content.
Luigi De Siervo
Lega Serie A CEO
"Piracy is one of the biggest problem in Italian football and we are almost at the breaking point of the entertainment industry, including football. Piracy is implemented by people who don’t realize how serious what they are doing. In Italy, the estimated damage is over one billion euros a year, with 6,000 jobs being threatened. We are also working with FIFA, UEFA and the main leagues to combat the beoutQ piracy and all pirate IPTV. I’m optimistic that, with everyone's help, we will be able to reduce piracy by saving our football."
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PIRACY DATA IN ITALY AVERAGE TWO MONTHS POST-QUARANTINE
| 57 million | acts of computer piracy; |
| 14% | incidence of piracy of live sports; |
| 38% | percentage of people over 15 who have engaged in at least one act of piracy; |
| 4,7 milioni | people reported illegally viewing live sports content; |
| 37% | Percentage of illicit IPTV users who believe it is an act of piracy; |
| 11 million people | IPTV users illegally accessed audiovisual content such as films, TV series, live sports and entertainment programmes at least once in the last 12 months; |
| FAPAV/Ipsos survey on audiovisual piracy in Italy published in July 2021 | |
PIRACY DATA IN ITALY IN 2021
| 43% | overall incidence of piracy (of films, series/fiction, programmes and live sports). |
| 23% | incidence of illegal IPTV even on trial/without subscription. |
| 315 million | overall estimated acts of piracy among the adult population. |
| 51% | incidence of piracy among the under 15s. |
| 1.7 billion euros | is the estimated turnover lost by all economic sectors in Italy due to piracy of films, series/fiction and live sports. |
| 716 million euros | the estimated potential damage to the Italian economy in terms of GDP. |
| 9,400 | the potential estimate of employment at risk due to audiovisual piracy. |
| 319 million euros | the potential estimate of lost tax revenues - VAT, income and corporate taxes. |
| 50% | pirates aware of the seriousness of their behaviour (it was 28% in 2019). |
| 41% | pirates who happened to use subscription audiovisual content at least once by accessing it with someone else's credentials did not consider it a form of piracy. |
| FAPAV/Ipsos survey on audiovisual piracy in Italy published in July 2021 | |
