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Court rules on "fair compensation" for private copying

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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May 31 2012

Under Italian Copyright law, authors are entitled to a "fair compensation" for the private reproduction of their works

ECJ rules that the broadcasting of music within private dental practices does not entitle music producers to remuneration

Baker & McKenzie
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European Union, Italy
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May 31 2012

On 15 March 2012, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a preliminary ruling on the questions referred by the Italian Court of Appeal of Turin in the occasion of a proceeding regarding the obligation of a dentist to pay a remuneration to the phonogram producers for the broadcasting of phonograms in his dental practice by way of background music

Protection of TV program formats

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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May 17 2012

On 22 February 2012, in a case brought by the BBC, the Court of Rome ruled that the Italian TV show "Baila", broadcast by Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.A. (RTI), was an unauthorised derivative of the UK TV show "Strictly Come Dancing", which is broadcast by the BBC

Important decision on the obligation to monitor user uploads

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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March 23 2012

On 14 December 2011, the Court of Rome issued an important decision in a case brought by Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.A. (RTI) against Google in relation to the blog-publishing service Blogger

Editor of an online magazine not liable for user comments

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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March 16 2012

On 8 October 2011, the Italian Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Court of Bologna that had penalised the editor-in-chief of an online magazine

Protection of TV programme formats

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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February 9 2012

On 14 October 2011, the Court of Rome denied a request by Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.A. (RTI) to reconsider the Court's recent adverse decision on the protection of TV programme formats

Seizure of websites for trade mark violation

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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January 31 2012

On 29 September 2011, in a decision widely reported by the media, the Court of Padua issued a decree ordering the preventive seizure of 493 websites containing a specific trade mark in their domain names, in relation to the alleged crimes of importing, marketing and selling products bearing fake trade marks, and handling goods derived from criminal activity

Use of movie trailers online

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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January 3 2012

In the past few weeks the online press has reported that SIAE, the Italian collecting society, started sending requests to several website managers, requesting royalties for the use of the music in the trailers shown on their websites

Video hosting service provider found liable for copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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December 14 2011

After winning a case against Italia On Line in June, Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.A. (RTI) won another copyright infringement case before the Court of Milan

Manager of an online forum is not liable for content posted by users

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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November 10 2011

On 11 August 2011, the Court of Bologna issued a decision in a case brought by an Italian company, a provider of beauty products and services, against Yahoo!