The European Court of Justice has issued an interesting decision on the so called " private copy levy " i.e. the EU Copyright Directive allows EU Member States to introduce an excepction to the exclusive right of authors, performers and producers to reproduce sound, visual or audiovisual material in relation to…
As anticipated in the previous posts the draft decrees regulating:the launch of poker cash games and casino games; and the award of new remote gaming licenses in Italy have been subject to the review of the European Commission for a 3 months period. The good news is that the so called “stand still” period…
As most of the gaming operators know, the ENADA Rome 2010, the most important Italian gaming fair, is upcoming. However, what some of the operators maybe do not know is that on the 8th of October at the ENADA it will take place a very interesting conference in English named “VLTs in Italy”…
After the success of the previous version of the FAQs, I thought that it might be useful publishing an updated version of the FAQs to help operators willing to apply for one of the Italian online gaming licenses that will be shortly available: Q. - Why do I need an Italian gaming license to…
The Italian Supreme Court held that the delivery of spams does not breach Section 660 (harassment) of the Italian criminal code that sanctions with the imprisonment up to six months or with a fine up to € 516.46 whoever, in a public place or in a place open to the public, or by means of the telephone,…
Nowadays it is very common on most of the e-commerce and news websites to see an icon or a tool allowing users to forward the listing, a special offer or an article to a friend. But are we sure that such practice does not face privacy and prize promotions regulatory restrictions?
OUT-LAW.COM reports that a French court ordered French ISPs to block the access for two months to a website offering games to French residents without holding a local gambling license. This decision reminds me that Italian gambling law obliges from 2007 ISPs to implement filters blocking the access to websites…
Most of the companies active in the Italian market are likely to have faced at least once the complex regime governing prize competitions (i.e. marketing initiatives awarding prizes in kind based on the chance or the ability of the participants) and prize operations (i.e. marketing initiatives awarding prizes to all the participants purchasing…
Thanks to Joanna Dizon, here we have a very interesting article on the Philippines Gaming laws, if you want to write an article for GamingTechLAW, just drop an email to me, Giulio Coraggio. Enjoy the article!
As expected, the Italian Gaming Authority has notified to the European Commission the draft decree setting out the new Italian licensing regime. The draft decree will be subject to the review of the European Commission up to the 15th of October 2010 and, if no comments are raised by the other EU Member…