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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

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

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

Liability of search engines for links to pirated content

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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October 12 2011

On 16 June 2011, the Court of Rome reviewed its decision of 20 March 2011 where it ordered Yahoo! to remove from its search engine links to websites hosting pirated versions of the Iranian movie "About Elly", which is exclusively distributed in Italy by PFA Films S.r.l (PFA

Search engines could be liable for links to pirated content

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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June 6 2011

The Court of Rome has issued a preliminary injunction in a case brought by PFA Films S.r.l. (PFA), the exclusive distributor in Italy of the Iranian movie "About Elly". PFA sued Yahoo! Italia S.r.l

Italian Communications Authority announces a public consultation on new regulation for copyright protection

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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February 18 2011

The Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) is going to issue a regulation to implement the limits and prohibitions set forth in Section 32-bis of the Media Code in connection with the protection of copyrighted works on media