Piracy IPTV : France launches its "fatal weapon" to block live matches

This phenomenon has affected 29% of consumers in 2023, generating 290 million euros in losses for rights holders. Faced with the ineffectiveness of past measures, such as HADOPI, experts have urgently gathered to find solutions.

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Football is particularly threatened, with 59% of its fans consuming content illegally. The legal director of LFP Media recalls that television rights can account for up to 60% of the budget of professional or amateur clubs. A real-time blocking tool to protect the World Cup

Considering the reporting procedures too cumbersome, ARCOM now recommends the automatic blocking of IP addresses. These digital identifiers, essential for connecting to the Internet, are the new priority target of the authorities.

Concretely, Internet service providers will monitor in real time the streams illegally retransmitting matches. As soon as an IP address is detected by this system, it will be temporarily or repeatedly paralyzed.

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The stated objective is to sufficiently frustrate the fraudsters to redirect them to legal offerings. This digital shield will first be tested on Roland-Garros, before a massive deployment for the World Cup, subject to its validation by the National Assembly.