During the pandemic linked to the health emergency, piracy led to 243 million illegal acts during the first lockdown and a general loss for the sector of 591 million euros. Now, the latest numbers show a sort of return to a less tense situation, thanks to the data processed by the Ipsos company on behalf of FAPAV - Federation for the Protection of Audiovisual and Multimedia Content. Between 7 and 12 May last, more precisely on a sample of a thousand people interviewed, in the last year the decline - understood as the incidence and number of illegal acts - concerns in particular physical piracy, while digital piracy has increased by 4. % compared to 2019, slightly down only as regards the download and streaming components (not IPTV).
The piracy of live sporting events after the lockdown instead results in a worrying recovery, more particularly on 14 % in the last 12 months, an increase compared to 10% compared to 2019. The most pirated content remains films, from 25% to 31%, while both series and fiction have seen an increase from 20% to 23% . Eleven million Italians have instead used illegal IPTV at least once, 21% in the last twelve months against 19% during the lockdown that began in March 2020. Finally, only 37% are fully aware of committing a real crime criminally prosecutable.
Fapav finally underlined that audiovisual piracy remains in any case a thorn in the side of the audiovisual content industry, with inevitable consequences for the economic and employment system of our country. In fact, at a time like the present one, better contrast strategies are in fact the only way to restart the sector after the blow due to the health emergency.