The
Federal Justice
ordered this week to definitively end a series of pirate websites that were in charge of broadcasting
sporting events, premiere movies, series and even television channels for
free .
Among the pages are some of the most popular platforms to
watch Argentine soccer matches
without any subscription.
The ruling blocked access to the main 30 pirate sites, including
Fútbol Libre (or Libre Fútbol), televisionlibre.net and ver-television.online,
platforms that allowed you to watch Argentine soccer for free live and direct, among other audiovisual content. .
The latter registered
3.1 million visits during January 2023
, according to data from Similarweb.
The provision is argued that the pages
infringe and defraud the rights of intellectual property
, related rights and on the transmission of television signals and audiovisual content of ENACOM.
The surrogate judge
Marcelo Bruno Dos Santos
ruled to allow a self-satisfying measure within the framework of the file initiated by the Alliance Against Audiovisual Piracy (Alliance), titled "DirecTV Argentina SA and Others c/ Whoever is responsible for the domain names s/ Self-satisfying measure".
The
Alianza Contra la Piracía de Televisión Paga
, known simply as "Alianza", is a group of content providers, pay TV operators and technology providers united with the objective of combating in Latin America a form of piracy known in the industry as piracy of FTA (Free to Air).
In this sense, the magistrate ordered all Internet access providers registered with the National Communications Entity (ENACOM) to
block access in Argentine territory
to the websites identified by the Alliance.
"Happy to share this achievement that once again positions Argentina as a vanguard country in terms of protection of intellectual property rights," said Jorge A. Bacaloni, president of "Alianza."
And he added: "
It is a historic ruling
, a great precedent that will allow us to regularly update the list of illegal sites to block in Argentina, reducing the exposure of millions of people to malware and theft of personal data, among other crimes."
According to Bacaloni, this scourge not only affects users, authors, programmers and operators that generate employment, but also "governments that stop receiving taxes for social welfare".
In addition, he explained that this new measure will serve to attract greater investment in the audiovisual sector, which implies more innovation and quality of the services that millions of people hire in the national territory.
Piracy in Latin America, according to data from BB Media, generates losses of more than 8 billion dollars a year for the industry in its online and traditional modalities, and more than 1,700 million dollars in tax losses, considering the value added tax .
The Complete List of Blocked Pirate Sites
The cover of RojaDirecta, one of the most popular pirate sites.
futbollibre.net.
televisionlibre.net.
supertelevisionhd.net.
rojadirectatv.tv.
watch-television.online.
photocall.tv.
futboltv.online.
freecable.online.
telefullenvivo.com.
extremotvplay.com.
televisiongratishd.com.
cablegratistv.online.
lateleenvivo.club.
chiringuitotv.online.
tvconexion.com.
futboltvenvivo.com.
redcardtvonline.sx.
supertelevisionhd.com.
pirlotvonline.org.
lacasadeltikitakatv.net.
telebunker.com.
televisiongratisenvivo.com.
futbolparatodos.net.
rojadirectatv.pro.
ustvgo.tv.
pirlotvonline.info.
xtremostereo.net.
pirlotv.uk.
pirlotv.futbol.
teleriumtv.
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