Showing posts with label Italian politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italian politics. Show all posts

11/5/08

EU Public Affairs Monitor - 05/11/08

Italian court blocks web blocking
"An Italian appeals court has overturned a preliminary ruling by an investigating magistrate that ordered ISPs to block access to the controversial Bittorrent site The Pirate Bay. The Appeal Court upheld the finding that The Pirate Bay breached copyright, but held that creating a specific obligation on innocent third parties (ISPs) was not justified." [PublicAffairsLynx]

11/3/08

EU Public Affairs Monitor - 03/11/08

French internet law clashes with EU position
"The French Senate has overwhelmingly voted in favour of a law that would cut off access to the internet to web surfers who repeatedly download copyrighted music, films or video games without paying.

Under the so-called three strikes or "graduated response" legislation - which still needs approval by the lower house before it becomes French law - illegal downloaders are first sent an email warning them of their infraction. They are subsequently sent a warning letter in the post. French senators want to force web surfers to use legal download services such as iTunes rather than pirate copyrighted content." [EUObserver]

French minister promises action
"Christine Albanel, French Minister of Culture and Communication, has told European indie group Impala that the French government will almost immediately debate a Creation and Internet law proposal to examine how to deal with online piracy.

Albanel told the group, “Of course, there is no secret plan to impose the French anti-piracy plan to the rest of Europe. I simply wish that our experience will prove an inspiration for other European states whose cultural businesses are as threatened as the French ones.” [MusicWeek]

Six Caribbean societies are working together to invigorate their countries’ creativity by stabilising Caribbean music’s place in the global economy
"When the Caribbean Copyright Link (CCL) was incorporated in August 2000, the CCL office consisted of a desk at COTT’s headquarters in Trinidad and one full-time employee. Alone, he managed a common back office for the 4 copyright societies that founded CCL—COSCAP (Barbados), COTT (Trinidad and Tobago), HMS (St Lucia) and JACAP (Jamaica)." [CISAC]

Italian fiscal police prosecute 46 for serious uploading
"Italian fiscal police have prosecuted 46 people for uploading large amounts of copyright infringing music onto the internet. Operation ‘Music Box’ was undertaken by the Guardia di Finanza of Venice, with the assistance of local industry anti-piracy group FPM." [IFPI]

8/15/08

EU Public Affairs Monitor - 15/08/08

Italy Bans Access to Popular Pirate Hangout 15/08/08
Web users in Italy may find it difficult to access The Pirate Bay, a site that freely distributes the tools needed to trade copyrighted music, movies and software over the Internet. A complaint brought up by an anti-piracy group in Milan resulted in a judge's order to Italian ISPs to block the Web site, which is based in Sweden.

An Italian judge has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block access to The Pirate Bay, a Swedish file-sharing Web site, as part of a probe into copyright law violation, officials said Thursday." [TechNewsWorld]