Global surveillance Canada, Usa and Ityaly Then there is Italy. According to Italian lawyer Fulvio Sazrana (link in Italian), a law passed earlier this year by the outgoing Mario Monti government also skipped over court orders and other legal approvals. Instead, Monti issued a directive laying down guidelines for the protection of cybernetics and national Read more about Global surveillance Canada, Usa and Ityaly[…]

Privacy: too little or too much An Italian expert in internet and telecommunications law, Fulvio Sarzana, reacted to the news by claiming that his country has no need for such sophisticated technologies, because a law passed at the beginning of this year by the outgoing Monti government gives Italian intelligence services even greater powers. In Read more about Privacy: too little or too much[…]

copyright on line: seizure Print As part of a criminal investigation by Italian authorities, 27 file-sharing related sites had their domains blocked by local ISPs last month. Rapidgator, one of the largest cyberlockers on the Internet, was among the targeted sites and chose to appeal the verdict. This week Rome’s Court of Appeal ruled that Read more about copyright on line: seizure[…]

Téléchargement direct Rapidgator La Cour d’appel a estimé qu’avant d’ordonner le blocage d’un site Web par les fournisseurs d’accès à Internet, l’accusation devait d’abord vérifier que le titulaire des droits avait fait tout ce qu’il était possible de faire pour obtenir le retrait du contenu en question » a ainsi expliqué maître Fulvio Sarzana, l’avocat Read more about Téléchargement direct Rapidgator[…]

Italian Court Overturns Seizure Of Cyberlocker The court overturned the ruling that came out of the investigation, and made a few key points, according to Sarzana. He said that court ruled that cyberlockers are legitimate if they have a notice and takedown system, and that the owner of the site is not liable for infringements Read more about Italian Court Overturns Seizure Of Cyberlocker[…]

Italian Tango Down operation Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network. The alleged hackers, aged between 20 and 34, were placed under house arrest near the northern cities of Bologna, Turin and Venice, and in the southern town of Lecce. Six Read more about Italian Tango Down operation[…]

Italian ISPs ask not to act against web piracy The copyright industry has asked Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom) to give itself the power to set up administrative procedures to block access to websites that facilitate piracy. However, Italian ISPs, associations and companies have sent an open letter to the regulator, saying that it does not Read more about Italian ISPs ask not to act against web piracy[…]

der spieegel on copyright crackdown Sharehoster-Blockade: Italiens Provider sperren 27 Filesharing-Websites Drastisches Vorgehen gegen Sharehoster: Auf Anordnung eines römischen Richters blockieren Italiens Provider derzeit den Zugang zu mehr als zwei Dutzend Filesharing-Websites. Auslöser soll die Beschwerde eines italienischen Filmverleihs sein.Sharehoster-Blockade: Italiens Provider sperren 27 Filesharing-Websites Drastisches Vorgehen gegen Sharehoster: Auf Anordnung eines römischen Richters blockieren Read more about der spieegel on copyright crackdown[…]

Gambling on line and law According to the reports that were first posted by Italian language news sites late last month, Consob believes that binary options closely could resemble gambling and are the aforementioned firms are not in compliance with Italian financial rules. Read More