Crack in AgCom. Elena Giomi.One of the four commissioners attacked the president. Giacomo Lasorella For statements made during a hearing in the Chamber’s Culture Committee on the subject Piracy Shield.
AgCom: The Causes of Conflict
“I want to once again make myself transparent about my position on the platform. Piracy Shield And to distance himself from the Agcom president’s statements at the hearing in the culture commission of the Chamber of Deputies, statements that were never discussed and much less shared with the rest of the Agcom board, that the president could represent. are but definitely not going to change”, we read in a post by Giomi on Linkedin.
But what are the reasons for the argument? According to Giomi, contrary to the statement announced by the AgCom president, the re-engineering of the platform was not due to the need for optimization or technical adaptation, but rather due to the presence of too many systematic errors that violated existing regulations.
Giomi emphasized that the errors were not attributable to errors in the reports: “These errors are not attributable to errors in the reports, as the president has claimed, but to the functioning of the platform itself.” And this has resulted in long resolution times and significant costs for the authorities and the subjects concerned”.
The commissioner also disputed the claim that Liga Calcio’s donation of the blocking platform was motivated by an urgency to meet a deadline required by law.
“It would also have been possible to respect these times by contacting CONSIP, the National Procurement Center of the Ministry of Economy, which would have also made it possible to identify an exclusive supplier that would not conflict with the interests of the site blocks, thus maximizing Guaranteed impartiality of the administrative proceedings of the Authority”.
Interests of Digital Service Providers
In addition, Giomi recalled that Liga Calcio’s interest in combating piracy conflicted with his. Digital service providersThey are asked to adapt their networks to Piracy Shield standards and try to prevent improper blocking of non-piracy sites and IP addresses. “Liga Calcio’s donation has no charity but a desire to promote private interests as effectively as possible”.
A post on LinkedIn then confirmed that the authority had outsourced maintenance services to the company that developed the platform for the football league. 12 months. A paid commissioned service.
Importance of protection of fundamental rights
Finally, the AgCom commissioner stressed the importance of the blocking platform to combat online piracy, but cautioned that the tool cannot harm anyone. Fundamental rights of legitimate website owners.
“Blocking platforms must be fully functional, respecting both the right of defense before the block and the right to immediate reinstatement of those unlawfully blocked by the authority. It is not acceptable that platforms A legitimate site may be blocked within 30 minutes by the source and may take up to 30 days to remove the block.”
