Digital piracy cost Italian business €2.3 bn in 2025 - report

The digital piracy of audio and video

content, such as films, TV series, and live sports, cost Italian

businesses around 2.3 billion euros in lost revenue last year,

according to a study by the Ispos institute for the Fapav

federation of multimedia companies.

It said this also amounts to lost tax revenue of 408 million

euros, and the loss of approximately 11,100 jobs.

It said 37% of the Italian population engaged in some form of

online piracy in 2025, down 4% on the previous year, thanks

largely to "a downward trend that is particularly pronounced

among the very young".

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