The Criminal Court of Milan ordered to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block the access from Italy to websites broadcasting football matches of RTI TV programs in breach of copyright laws. Italian copyright law provides criminal sanctions for the illegal broadcasting through channels of communication of copyright protected works. The Italian Supreme Court had held in the past that…
As previously mentioned , new Italian new online bingo regulations had been notified and approved by the European Commission even if they have not yet come into force. However, a further step forward has been achieved now. AAMS published the draft version of the protocol of communication for the new bingo subject to a consultation.
There will be a …
The Court of Appeal of Milan (Italy) acquitted 3 managers of Google that had been sanctioned to 6 months of imprisonment because of a privacy breach related to a video showing an handicapped young guy posted by a user on Google Video. The Court of First Instance indeed had held in 2010 that the…
As reported in a previous post, the Italian Parliament has passed regulations on gaming advertising that will come into effect from the 1st of January 2013. However, in order to clarify the scope of such gaming laws, the Italian gambling authority, AAMS has issued instructions on logos and statements to be incorporated in any gambling ad.
Rules on cookies in Italy implementing the E-Cookies Directive in Italy requiring the prior consent from users to the installation of cookies on their PCs were meant to be followed by guidelines from the Italian Data Protection Authority (the "DPA") identifying the most efficient and practical ways to implement such obligation. For this purpose the DPA has now launched a consultation.
The UK gambling draft regulations that if enacted will require offshore operators to obtain a UK Gambling Commission licence in order to transact with, and advertise to, British customers have been published. As a result of being licensed in Great Britain, operators will be subject to all the conditions of the Gambling Act 2005 and its…
As expected, after a year of delay online slots have been finally launched on Italian licensed websites today.
53 licensed websites have started offering over 1,400 slot games making the array of games available on Italian licensed platforms much more attractive. Indeed, online slots represent between 70% and 80% of the turnover of online casino operators and their…