Italian authorities have successfully blocked six major stream-ripping sites as part of ongoing efforts to combat music piracy. The action was initiated by the Italian Federation Against Musical and Multimedia Piracy (FPM) in collaboration with IFPI.

Key Details:

• 11 total resources taken offline, including mobile domains
• Sites averaged 3 million accesses from Italy alone
• Stream ripping accounts for 30% of music piracy in Italy
• Illegal practice grew 10% in Q1 2024, reaching 10 million monthly accesses

Blocked Sites Include:

• YTMP3 brand sites (ytmp3.nu, ytmp3.im)
• lumieremusic.net
• projectspark.ca
• downmp3.yt
• y2meta.app
• x2mate.com
• yt5.io

Current EU Piracy Trends:

• Overall digital piracy increased 3.3% in 2022
• Distribution of pirated content:
  • TV content: 48%
  • Publications: 28%
  • Films: 11%
  • Software: 7%
  • Music: 6%

Streaming now accounts for 58% of piracy activities, while downloads represent 32%. Live sports piracy saw a significant 30% increase between 2021 and 2022.

"The technological efforts of our team meet the application of the AGCOM Regulation whose results have a clear impact on illegal access to music in Italy," states Luca Vespignani, General Secretary of FPM and CEO of DcP.

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