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17JunDefamatory suggestions: what liability for search engines?Following a recent case involving the search engine Yahoo! Italia, another Italian court has addressed the issue of search engine liability. On March 24 2011 the Court of Milan found Google liable for defamation because its auto-complete suggestions paired the plaintiff’s name with defamatory keywords. The court upheld its earlier interim injunction of January 25…Article filed under: Internet & Ecommerce
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15JunCooperation in the field of ipr enforcement: memorandum of understanding on the sale of counterfeit goods over the internetOn May 4 2011, in a ceremony hosted by the European Commission, a representative group of leading rights holders and internet platforms signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Sale of Counterfeit Goods over the Internet.[i] The fight against counterfeiting is a key area of EU collaboration, although its methodology remains a subject of…Article filed under: Internet & Ecommerce
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7AprYahoo! Italia liable for film copyright infringementThe debate about copyright protection on the Internet has taken a new turn. The Court of Rome recently found that search engine Yahoo! Italia bore contributory liability for infringement of copyright in the award-winning Iranian film About Elly by illicit websites, which allowed the streaming or downloading and peer-to-peer sharing of the film without the…
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21MarNet neutrality: an italian perspectiveStrongly debated in the EU, the idea of Net Neutrality is now rapidly catching the attention of regulatory authorities and of the electronic communications operators in Italy.Article filed under: Internet & Ecommerce
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18MarThe “right to be forgotten” privacy and online newsRecently, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (“Agencia Española de Protección de Datos – AEPD)ordered Google to delete links on its search engine to any website containing out of date or inaccurate information about individuals and, thus, breaching their “right to be forgotten”. Now, Google is challenging the AEPD’s order in a Madrid Court, since, in…Article filed under: Internet & Ecommerce
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16MarSelective distribution for cosmetics and eu competition rules on online salesOn March 3 2011 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Ján Mazák issued a non-binding opinion on Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l’Autorité de la Concurrence and Ministre de l’Économie, de l’Industrie et de l’Emploi (Case C-439/09). In it, Mazák argues that selective distribution agreements which impose a general and absolute…
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28FebItaly’s proposal on internet regulation – dawn of new eraOn December 22 2010 the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) published a draft regulation (Annex B to AGCOM Resolution 668/10) which relates to AGCOM’s powers in respect of the protection of copyright on electronic communications networks. Among other things, it states that user-generated content websites such as YouTube could fall within its scope of application and…Article filed under: Internet & Ecommerce
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17FebEasy authorisation for online media operatorsAGCOM, the Italian communications authority, has established a new, simple set of rules for the licensing of linear audiovisual and audio services on the Internet (ie, online television, Internet Protocol television and mobile television) and non-linear audiovisual media services – known as ‘video on demand’ – provided on any e-communications network. On the basis of…Article filed under: Internet & Ecommerce
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