Back in October, Walled Culture wrote about the grandly-named “Piracy Shield”. This is Italy’s new Internet blocking system, which assumes people are guilty until innocent, and gives the copyright industry a disproportionate power to control what is available online, no court orders required. Piracy Shield went live in December, and has just issued its first …

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      33·
      9 months ago

      Someone will figure out a way to get around it. People can get a VPN through the great firewall of China, they will get through whatever Italy does as well.

      • SkyNTP@lemmy.mlEnglish
        25·
        9 months ago

        For just a bit more than a VPN subscription, you can rent a VPS and route your traffic through it. Basically, be your own VPN.

        Maybe this law will spur innovation and skills in sysadmin, like how people who grew up before smart phones actually had to learn how computers work.

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish
      141·
      9 months ago

      This is a definite no for moving to italy. They should also be kicked out of the EU for this.

    • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
      132·
      9 months ago

      I’m not an Italian citizen and I don’t live there.

      Their laws do not apply to me. An Italian citizen or resident can go online and buy vpn service from me. There is not law im subjected to that says I can’t sell vpn services to Italians.

      • ex_06@slrpnk.netEnglish
        113·
        9 months ago

        I am both but my other comment is kinda getting ignored lol

        I don’t even need a vpn to pirate, it’s business as usual.

        All this stuff is just for IPTVs that stream soccer matches because Calcio is the king sport here.

        The site posted by OP is kinda useless journalism lol. AirVPN quit just for a reason: they are an Italian company. Mullvad, Proton, Quad9… Business as usual.

      • Cinner@lemmy.worldBEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Sure but you’d basically be scamming them as the VPN service wouldn’t work because even if you sent them the VPN installer and login it wouldn’t connect.

        • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          Why wouldn’t it connect?

          Unless they block my specific IP address then? It will work. And if they block my ip address, then I can just get a new one pretty easily.

          • Cinner@lemmy.worldBEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            FTA: “The list of IP addresses and domain names to be blocked is drawn up by private bodies authorised by AGCOM”

            Edit: You’re correct, you could run a VPN on your own server and sell access, as this would only block known VPN services.