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Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Piracy Shield law

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Italian court orders Google to start poisoning its public DNS servers.

Court of Milan issued the ruling in response to a complaint that Google failed to block pirate websites.

The sites in question were involved in the illegal streaming of Series A football matches, which has been a focus of anti-piracy crusaders in Italy for years .

The goal is aimed at preventing illegal football streams, but the effort has already caused collateral damage.

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