This “blocking of the initial sites made it possible to reduce the audience of the galaxies targeted by 23% between October 2022 and March 2023”, according to the institution.
Since October 2022, Arcom has blocked 166 site domain names harboring pirated contentwithin the framework of its new prerogatives allowing it to act against illegal sites “mirrorswithout a new court decision, the organization announced. This series of blockages is the result of a cooperation, initiated on October 5, 2022, between Arcom and rights holders to fight against illegal s.
“Between October 2022 and April 2023, rights holders sent around forty referrals to Arcom, representing a total of 166 domain names, which were notified to internet service providers“, specifies the gendarme of the audiovisual and the internet in a press release. Among them are very popular streaming sites like cpasmieux or frenchstream.
Since 2021, Arcom can be seized to block services containing illegal content from sites already sentenced by the courts. And this without further intervention by the judge, which speeds up the proceedings. This “blocking of the initial sites made it possible to decrease the audience of the targeted galaxies by 23% between October 2022 and March 2023“, according to Arcom, which intends to step up its fight against mirror sites in the second quarter of 2023. Arcom will launch an awareness campaign on the subject from mid-June (television, radio, cinema, platforms and social networks).
If streaming sites are often prevented from acting, on the other hand the sites for ing live films, aimed at more tech-savvy Internet users, continue to replicate and move quickly. “Based on strong brands for several years, they can, almost instantly after their blocking, create new mirror sites and distribute the domain name», Regrets the Arcom. “Blocking measures remain insufficient for the moment on direct services such as wawacity, zoneannonce or zonetelechargement“Acknowledges Arcom, while arguing that its action is beginning to impact illegal practices.
A first overall essment indicates, according to a survey by Médiamétrie, that “during the last six months, 38% of Internet users with illicit practices admit to having already been confronted with a blocking of an illicit cultural service“. “Faced with this situation, 7% of Internet users concerned say they have turned to the legal offer and 46% have abandoned their search. On the other hand, 6% sought to circumvent the blocking and 41% referred to other illicit services», according to this survey carried out using the quota method with a representative sample of 2,000 Internet users aged 15 or over.