Football is mobilized against television piracy but who is mobilizing in favor of consumers? The war undertaken by the Serie A League is total, it will be made public to the stadium interiors in the first two days of the championship with the display of banners in support of the campaign against computer frauds. “Unfortunately it is not enough” thunders Carlo Claps, president of Aidacon consumers (in the photo), whose complaint a year ago just nowadays has forced the Guarantor to formulate very high fines against the pay-TV that hold the monopoly of the games of football.
“The phenomenon of piracy must be fought, we agree but more important is to guarantee greater protection for the consumer user who must sign a regular contract with pay-TVs. What does the League do – explains Claps – to prevent the fan from escaping to illegal alternatives? Before there were two pay-TVs (Sky and Mediaset, ed) that were competing for rights, now in fact there is no longer any competition as the Antitrust has certified. We are in a monopoly regime, and we at Aidacon started our battle a year ago, already achieving significant results. Now, however, the League must be fully committed to protecting the rights of supporters and respecting the rules on free competition “.
Basically, the invitation to keep away from piracy shouldn’t just start from football institutions, more convincing signals are needed, right? “Exactly, how can we declare war on the illicit market if those who are at the top of the League allow television platforms to impose mandatory packages on users at very high costs?”
Let’s take an example: today the Napoli supporter has to sign two different types of season ticket passes to guarantee the vision of all his team competitions: one with Sky and the other with Dazn for a total cost of around 50 euros per month .
“The problem is this, even for the next season two season tickets will be needed to see the entire Serie A championship: for us it is a scam because the laws that favor free competition on the market to the detriment of citizens are violated. It continues to act deceptively because you pay a high price by not providing customers with the vision of all the games. This is what we have been trying to make clear for a year and fortunately the courts are starting to give us reason: unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising are implemented . Last May the TAR rejected Sky’s request to freeze the provision of the Competition Authority: according to the judges, in fact, the appeal “did not appear to be assisted by sufficient fumus boni juris”, ie for the Antitrust Pay-TV had not provided information clear and immediate on the content of the football package, suggesting to potential new customers that this package was inclusive of all Serie A matches. Nothing has changed in recent months if not to declare war on piracy: the fans and their right to be protected they remained at the stake.
From: Il Mattino.
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