On December 17 2010 the Communications Authority (AGCOM) issued a draft paper on the protection of copyright on electronic communication networks, attachment B to Resolution 668/10/CONS, published in the Official Journal on January 3 2011. The public consultation on the paper closed on March 4 2011, but the debate about many of the issues that it raises seems certain to continue, pending AGCOM’s decision in light of the contributions from interested parties and of the hearings that AGCOM will hold in this regard.