new italian rules on internet and copyright Appeal for a suspension on new Italian Internet rules, since an Italian Parliament decision on copyright and constitutional rights balance will take place. Association of Italian Consumers and Majors associations of small-medium businesses companies against automatic deletion of sites on the internet Read More
Microsoft Court of Rome copyright infringment Not enough to hold software pirate being convicted of copyright infringement. We must also try their actual use or copying by the defendant. These are the reasons, just out of a decision sui generis by which the Court of Rome (section V) acquitted in November, an Italian businessman. In Read more about Microsoft Court of Rome copyright infringment[…]
digital content Italy The Italian Authority for Communications announced with great publicity in the media presentation of a white paper on digital content will be January 26, 2011 in its Rome headquarters. The White Paper, available on the Authority’s website devotes 16 pages to the issue of copyright in digital networks. The section on copyright Read more about digital content Italy[…]
Copyright and internet: New rules On January 3, 2011 was published by the Italian Communications Authority in the Official Gazette the Resolution 668/2010, which aims to regulate the powers of the Authority in the field of copyright in the context of electronic communications. The resolution passed on December On January 3, 2011 was published by Read more about Copyright and internet: New rules[…]
postal service: liberalization A widely circulated newspaper reports the news that in the discussion on 22 December in the Italian Council of Ministers for preliminary examination of the Decree referred to as “Implementation of Directive 2008/6/EC, amending Directive 97/67/EC concerning the full accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services “, that the legislative Read more about postal service: liberalization[…]
IP Filtering and computer crimes A reissue of the dialer in “salsa child pornography”, or programs installed without the user that redirect them to foreign telecommunication connections and pay that marked the early years of implementation of the Internet – to be understood that it was based Navigation on dial-up and adsl-seems to have been Read more about IP Filtering and computer crimes[…]
Italy Investigate Google However, the case in question seems to be investigating ‘illicit interference in private life’, rather than the illegal interception of communications per se. Italian legal expert Fulvio Sarzana di S. Ippolito is one of the people arguing that the magistrates involved should really change the focus of the case, although it seems Read more about Italy Investigate Google[…]
Italy Investigate Google over Street View In an article for an Italian online magazine, legal expert Fulvio Sarzana di S. Ippolito argued that the magistrates should really be investigating illegal interception of communications rather than “illicit interference in private life,” as is currently the case. The choice of which possible offense to investigate could have Read more about Italy Investigate Google over Street View[…]
Law Profs Call for Halt of ACTA As academics dedicated to promoting robust public debate on the laws and public policies affecting the Internet, intellectual property, global innovation policy and the worldwide trade in knowledge goods and services, we write to express our grave concern that your Administration is negotiating a far-reaching international intellectual property Read more about Law Profs Call for Halt of ACTA[…]
Deep Linking: BBC The BBC has revised its guidelines for linking to other websites in news articles. Reporters must now link to primary sources such as articles published in scientific journals, rather than simply linking to the homepage of the journal. The new guidelines also encourage reporters to “avoid [linking to] news stories”, in favour Read more about Deep Linking: BBC[…]
