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Landmark Ruling in Argentina Orders Blockade of Top 30 Illegal Streaming Sites
By Estudio Chaloupka
In a significant legal ruling, an Argentine court has mandated the immediate blocking of the 30 most popular websites that illegally distribute streaming content such as movies, series, documentaries, football matches, sports events, and live television. The National Court of First Instance in Civil and Commercial Matters has determined that all registered internet service providers, under the National Telecommunications Entity, must restrict access to these platforms that infringe upon intellectual property rights and audiovisual content.
The list of blocked sites includes futbollibre.net, televisionlibre.net, supertelevisionhd.net, rojadirectatv.tv, ver-television.online, photocall.tv, cablegratistv.online, lateleenvivo.club, chiringuitotv.online, futbolparatodos.net, ustvgo.tv, telebunker.com, supertelevisionhd.com, pirlotvonline.info, extremotvplay.com, and tvconexiones.com, among others.
The court initiated this restrictive measure in response to a lawsuit brought by the Alliance Against Audiovisual Piracy, comprising a group of content providers, pay-TV operators, and technology providers. Companies such as DirecTV, Entel, ESPN, Sky, HBO Latin America, Fox, Discovery, Media Networks, Globosat, Win, Latiga, ABTA, VTR, and Telefónica are among the industry players involved in this alliance.
Jorge A. Bacaloni, President of the Alliance and Regional Anti-Piracy Manager at Vrio, emphasized that "this is a historic ruling, setting a significant precedent that will allow for regular updates to the list of illegal sites to be blocked in Argentina”.
The information was revealed at the Intellectual Property Summit organized by the international entity Latin America Anti-Piracy and Intellectual Property (LAAPIP) in Buenos Aires.
The theft of audiovisual content through criminal actions such as piracy is preventing Latin American governments from collecting an estimated additional $1.8 billion per year in value-added tax alone, and it hinders the creation of approximately 68,000 new skilled jobs in the industry.
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Estudio Chaloupka Industrial Property is a professional firm specialized in Intellectual Property, existing as of more than 50 years (under different names), with a staff of professionals with a high level of technical and legal expertise in trademarks, patents, models and industrial designs, copyright, software, licensing, domain names and litigation.
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