US authorities have initiated the largest round of domain name seizures yet as part of their continued crackdown on counterfeit and piracy-related websites
US authorities have initiated the largest round of domain name seizures yet as part of their continued crackdown on counterfeit and piracy-related websites. With just.....
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Court of justice of EU: EU law precludes the imposition of an injunction by a national court which requires an internet service provider to install a filtering system with a view to preventing the illegal downloading of files
Such an injunction does not comply with the prohibition on imposing a general monitoring obligation on such a provider, or with the requirement to strike.....
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Italianshare network case: The Italian court’s restraining order for Copyright infringement on request of FPM (Federation Against Music Piracy), AESVI (Italian Entertainment Software Publishers Association) and movie anti-piracy group FAPAV. A point of view of a Media Law expert.
Some days ago the Italian police division tasked with handling cybercrime cases has announced it has shut down several file-sharing websites. The sites, with more.....
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European Commission and Italian Communications Authority, the two versions (maybe?) Official letter sent by Commissioner Kroes to Italian Authorities about copyright and Cyberspace: in Italian and English
Subject: Notification 2011/403/I Sir, “Where a legitimate entity believes that a certain content violates the author’s rights and1. The Italian authorities are invited to..
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Fashion Clothes vs Internet Service Providers. It’s illegal to block, through the internet service provider, the websites suspected of violate intellectual property, an Italian Court said.
Rome, 8th November 2011. Italian Appeal Court: it’s illegal to block, through the Internet access service providers, the Websites containing the term suspected of violating.....
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EU parliament voted a new Eu Directive against child porn. Inroducing grooming and sex tourism criminal offences
In Strasbourg on October 27, 2011, the European Parliament voted through a new EU directive to remove child porn websites. The new provisions include better.....
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The Ue Court of Justice and the defamation on line: Guidelines of 25 october 2011.
The EU Court of Justice in a ruling of 25 October 2011 in Cases C-509/09 and C-161/10, regarding two cases of defamation on line has.....
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