Hi, mostly to Proton users, About the agreements you will need to sign with Piracy Shield Italy, I would want to know what your goals are.
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Proton probably has the same effect on nations with ridiculous legislation. In response to an Indian rule requiring all VPN providers doing business there to retain logs for five years or more, Proton simply relocated its servers to Singapore and configured them to seem as Indian servers to users requiring Indian connections.
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What is “Piracy Shield Italy” and why do you think Proton would be involved in any sort of agreement?
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If you ask the search engines, they are all quite knowledgeable about this.
Among others: Italy’s ‘Piracy Shield’ Creating Real Problems As VPNs Start Turning Away Italian Users | Techdirt
According to what I understand, copyright owners enter websites that violate copyright in a database that is monitored by ISPs, VPNs, and other providers. The provider then has 30 minutes to begin blocking the offending website.
For this reason, AirVPN has left Italy:
The topic of “57256-Termination-of-Service-in-Italy” is discussed in the AirVPN forums.
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It’s important to note that AirVPN is headquartered in Italy; yet, due to specific exposure to Italian legislation, they ceased operations there.
It would be far more difficult for Italian authorities to pursue other VPNs that are based outside, therefore I don’t think anything will change very soon.
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“Going after” a VPN at the national level is not difficult. You inform every bank and credit card provider that they are unable to handle transactions for that particular firm.
Next, they ban every IP address associated with that VPN. A nation may ban VPNs, just like Netflix and Disney can.
Additionally, Italy already has the framework set up with this privacy database; all you need to do is add all the IP addresses of the VPNs you wish to ban to the database, and 30 minutes later, it will be completely destroyed. The IP address of the server you wish to connect to is prohibited, regardless of the nation in which it is located.
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Spero che sia così, ma Proton ha già affermato in un altro post che ancora non sa come comportarsi, nonostante la sua politica.
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It appears like the law is intended to target Italians, thus I don’t think it can apply to businesses operating outside. As long as the government isn’t actively banning it, anybody can access the website proton on the internet. Notice: I’m just a dude.
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Since Proton is not an Italian business, they are exempt from the statute. However, due to that regulation, AirVPN, an Italian provider, just declared that it will no longer accept any Italian customers.
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IP-level blocking of VPN server IPs is possible.