Clampdown on TV 'Dodgy Boxes'

Sky didn’t fund that article …….😂

Sure not directly. As said above though. There are many ways they can influence via advertising etc.

The video repeated what everyone knows. That it is organised criminal gangs who are stealing the content. When they get it for nothing, it's easy to sell it cheap.

Just because he cant be seen to support illegal streaming doesnt mean there isnt some influence here.

The Indo has form.

For example being rammed to the hilt with property adverts alongside articles from similar property "experts".

To say there is zero connection between advertising revenue and what content makes it into a paper like the Indo is a bit naive.

Ah jj880 - ya didn’t get me at all

I had heard about Italy but not Greece before. The law in Greece was published in August 2025. It lays out clear information about the administrative fines. The link to the document would not open when I pasted it here. Below is a small extract. Elsewhere it says that the payment of a fine by an individual, does not stop the owners of the intellectual property which was stolen from taking a civil action against them to recover the lost revenue.

Article 2

Procedure for imposing administrative fines

1. The procedure for imposing an administrative fine under paragraphs 1, 2, 2A and 2B of article 65A of law 2121/1993 (A' 25) is initiated by the competent control authorities, namely the Independent Authority of Public Revenue, the General Directorate of the Economic Crime Prosecution Body, the Interdepartmental Market Control Unit, the Police, Port and Customs Authorities, either ex officio or following a written complaint. Specifically for the violations of paragraph 2B, the procedure for imposing an administrative fine is also initiated following the transmission of information by the competent judicial authorities. In the event of a violation being detected, either following an on-site inspection, or based on information transmitted by the competent judicial authorities, which was collected and contained in a criminal case file drawn up following criminal prosecution for the crimes of article 66 of Law 2121/1993, the competent control authorities issue a declaratory act of violation.

2. The act of ascertaining the violation for the violations of paragraphs 1, 2 and 2A of article 65A is drawn up in accordance with the Model in Annex 1 hereto and includes at least:

a) The identity details of the offender (full name, patronymic, name of legal entity, registered office address of legal entity/residential address of natural person, Tax Identification Number),

b) the number of illegal computer programs or servers or audio media,

c) the amount of the fine provided for the violation,

d) details of any previous violations for the application of the provisions on recidivism of paragraph 13 of article 66 of law 2121/1993 (A'25),

e) the place where the offence was committed,

f) mention of the beneficial provisions of paragraphs 10, 11 and 11A of article 66 of law 2121/1993 (A' 25) in case of unconditional payment of the administrative fine,

g) a reference to the right to submit objections, the deadline for exercising them and the service before which they are submitted.

So why not give it a rest and do an article when the legislation is commenced in Ireland?

The constant rehashing of basically the same article from the same tech expert is getting played out. Whats your reasoning for that?

Now we have an image of someone in handcuffs. Yeah definitely not scaremongering 🤣. Is that really a "fairly balanced" view of the current state of play here on this issue?