Here are some interesting articles on Italian and international internet liability law related issues drafted by either Giulio Coraggio or the other authors of GamingTechLaw.
An Italian restaurant brought a criminal claim for defamation against one of its customers that had published a negative comment on them on TripAdvisor complaining about the quality of the wine so creating a precedent that might impact on the Internet liability regime in Italy with reference to defamation on social media.
Italy finally implemented the new Consumer Rights Directive which introduces major changes in online contracts aimed at better protecting consumers, impacting also on the Internet liability regime for entities selling products to consumers.
The web tax previously covered has now become more and more a Google tax given that its final approved version relates only to online ads and sponsored links, but the main issue concerns the obligations deriving from this provision in terms of Internet liability principles.
A web tax also renamed as "Google tax" aimed at obliging foreign Internet operators to pay Italian taxes is currently subject of discussion before the Italian Parliament and has raised considerable concerns also in relation to its potential lack of compliance with EU principles of the new tax related Internet liability regime.
