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Yahoo! eventually won…

The Italian Court of Appeal overturned the recent decision of the Court of Rome reported in a previous post against Yahoo! on the Internet liability regime appliable to search engines relating to the alleged breach by Yahoo! of intellectual property rights through links to websites allowing the streaming view, the downloading or P2P transfer of the movie "About Elly".

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 17, 20110Comments 2 minRead time

Intellectual Property liability ISP

Italian Notice & Take Down: A Step Forward!

Following the completion of the highly debated consultation concerning Italian regulations governing the liability of Internet Service Providers for copyright breaches, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) has issued a draft of the new regulations. Important changes have been implemented compared to the previous draft subject of the consultation including: the provisions allowing the…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 6, 20110Comments 2 minRead time

Gaming

VLT Licences, Live Poker, Bingo Variations, Betting Shops, Illegal Players – Shall we get drunk?

The Italian Government is in the process of adopting, as part of the so called Budget law, a Law Decree containing a number of provisions that might lead to a revolution in the gaming sector. In brief the most relevant provisions are: New VLT Licences: a call for tenders for the award of new videolottery…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 5, 20110Comments 2 minRead time

Gaming

AAMS/ARJEL Bilateral Agreement – Now Signed!

As anticipated the Italian Gambling Authority, AAMS, and the French Gambling Authority, ARJEL, have been negotiating a bilateral agreement that should enhance the cooperation between the two regulators. According to a press release issued by AAMS, the bilateral agreement has been now signed. This represents the first agreement between gambling regulators of…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 29, 20110Comments 1 minRead time

Gaming

Italian Online Gaming Market – May 2011 Data!

The Italian Gaming Authority has now published the data relating to the Italian online gaming market up to May 2011. The data show a reduction of in the turnover generated by online sportsbetting games of 2.7% compared to the same month of last year which might be due to the end…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 25, 20110Comments 2 minRead time

Intellectual Property liability ISP

Video Sharing Websites – Another Defeat

It seems that Italian courts do not really like video sharing websites!

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 16, 20110Comments 5 minRead time

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

New Bingo Regulations

The Italian Gambling Authority has published today the new regulations governing online bingo games . No major surprises have been unveiled. For those that expected the adoption of bingo regulations allowing more flexibility to operators and the implementation of different bingo variants, unfortunately they will be disappointed. The new bingo regulations are…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 14, 20110Comments 1 minRead time

liability ISP

Web 2.0: Prize promotions and social media

Prize promotions run on social media can hide unexpected regulatory surprises for entities interested in advertising their products/services.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 14, 20110Comments 2 minRead time

Gaming

Casino Games Launch – 18 July 2011!

After never ending delays, the launch date of Italian online casino and cash poker games is finally occurring very shortly. The Italian Gambling Authority, AAMS, has now published a notice informing operators that the first authorizations to the offering of casino and cash poker games will be issued on the 18th of July…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 13, 20110Comments 1 minRead time

Gaming

Bilateral Agreement And Task Force Against Fixed Matches

As a reaction to the very recent betting scandal relating to footbal fixed matches, important new initiatives have been adopted by the Italian Gambling Authority and the Italian Ministry of Home Affairs. The Italian Gambling Authority (AAMS) has not only declared that has been cooperating and will more and more cooperate with licensees…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 10, 20110Comments 1 minRead time