US Supreme Court: Copyright VS Public Domain 1-0.

from Wikipedia. Golan v. Holder[1], 565 U.S. ___ (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case case originally filed in 2001 challenging the constitutionality of..... Read more »

EU signed controversial ACTA treaty

The European Union has signed today in Tokyo the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Now the treaty can be formally ratified and adopted into law once..... Read more »

Privacy and ‘right to be forgotten’ (i.e. oblivion): EU present a new law

 The European Union present today a new law safeguarding the Internet users’s ‘right to be forgotten’.   If it is approved, this law will enable..... Read more »

The Italian law SOPA format

Here, an interesting article on so called Italian SOPA Law, by the mynewsportal.it. “Our government also, in particular the Honourable Fava Northern League, wanted.. Read more »

New European Directive that propose a revised Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement directive, Commissioner Barnier Said.

The Commission is closely monitoring developments in our Member States and other countries in the field of intellectual property rights and online piracy, including the..... Read more »

Copyright: Italian market for neighbouring rights will be free? An open competion for foreign collecting societies.

On 20 January the new Italian Prime Minister Prof Mario Monti passed a reform (known as “Decreto Liberalizzazioni”. It seems that that will be a..... Read more »

Justice Department Charges Leaders of Megaupload with Widespread Online Copyright Infringement

Seven individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online..... Read more »