The CCIA included that “the Piracy Shield raises a substantial variety of issues which can accidentally impact genuine online services, mostly due to the capacity for overblocking.” The letter stated that in October 2024, “Google Drive was wrongly obstructed by the Piracy Shield system, triggering a three-hour blackout for all Italian users, while 13.5 percent of users were still obstructed at the IP level, and 3 percent were obstructed at the DNS level after 12 hours.”

The Italian system “intends to automate the obstructing procedure by enabling rights holders to send IP addresses straight through the platform, following which ISPs need to execute a block,” the CCIA stated. “Verification treatments in between submission and obstructing are unclear, and undoubtedly appear to be doing not have. Furthermore, there is an overall absence of redress systems for impacted celebrations, in case an incorrect domain or IP address is sent and obstructed.”

30-minute stopping avoids “mindful confirmation”

The 30-minute stopping window “leaves very restricted time for mindful confirmation by ISPs that the sent location is certainly being utilized for piracy functions,” the CCIA stated. The trade group likewise questioned the piracy-reporting system’s ties to the company that runs Italy’s leading football league.

“Additionally, the reality that the Piracy Shield platform was established for AGCOM by a business associated with Lega Serie A, which is among the extremely couple of entities licensed to report, raises severe concerns about the possible dispute of interest worsening the absence of openness concern,” the letter stated.

A trade group for Italian ISPs has actually argued that the law needs “filtering and jobs that hit specific liberties” and contrasts European legislation that categorizes broadband network services as simple channels that are exempt from liability.

“On the contrary, in Italy criminal liability has actually been specifically developed for ISPs,” Dalia Coffetti, head of regulative and EU affairs at the Association of Italian Internet Providers, composed in April 2025. Coffetti argued, “There are much better tools to combat piracy, consisting of criminal Law, cooperation in between States, and digital options that downgrade the quality of the signal broadcast by means of prohibited streaming sites or IPtv. European ISPs are prepared to play their part in the fight versus piracy, however the service definitely does not depend on filtering and obstructing IP addresses.”