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The Australian team of the DLA Piper Fashion, Retail and Design group distributed today the ninth edition of "Law à la Mode".

And it is even more functional and rich in content. We hope you enjoy it!

A quick look at the Artist Management Agreement.

Sara Balice (sara.balice@dlapiper.com) and Giulia Zappaterra (giulia.zappaterra@dlapiper.com)

Next week Milan will be the venue of Social Media Week 2013 conference. More than 5.000 persons are expected to attend the five-days event, starting on February 18th.

One of the panels will be dedicated to "Social Media & Legal" and will discusss about digital piracy, UGC and privacy, copyright on images and family relationship issues. We have been asked to report on the recent Avaxhome case, where we successfully assisted our client in the take down of Avaxhome platform, widely used for the diffusion of copyrighted materials (mainly magazines and books), as weel as, more generally, on digital piracy, freedom of expression and the value chain related to content generation and diffusion..

I am personally going to give a first-hand speech on these issues, keeping you updated also on this blog. You may also follow us on twitter, at @gdragotti or @DLA_Piper_Italy.

According to the press, the Italian Administrative Court of Appeal (the "Consiglio di Stato") has rejected today B Plus appeal against the decision of the court of first instance to reject the request of suspension of AAMS' decision to refuse the renewal of B Plus' videolottery and AWP license. This means that the Italian market risks to lose the largest videolottery and AWP operator and it will be interesting to see whether such event will open new opportunities for the other operators and suppliers.

The recent decision of the European Commission to fine Telefónica (€ 66,894,000) and Portugal Telecom (€ 12,290,000) for having entered into an unlawful non-compete agreement within the sale of the Brazilian mobile operator Vivo (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-39_en.htm) should alert companies to conduct a strict assessment of the anticompetitive restraints in the context of sales of businesses.

The Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) launched a survey on internet services and online advertising in order further assess the market trends and dynamics.

The DLA Piper Fashion, Retail and Design Group distributed the eighth edition of "Law à la Mode" to over 1000 clients.

The Italian Data Protection Authority ("Garante per la protezione dei dati personali") announced its participation to today's Data Protection Day.

Outsourcing service providers can gain a strong competitive advantage over rivals when bidding for outsourcing contracts if they have obtained regulatory approval for binding corporate rules.

Follow us at the AFGE (Alta Formazione Giuridico Economica) Privacy Workshop on Wednesday 23 January 2013 at Spazio Chiossetto in Milan. Among others, there will also be the Vice-Chairman of the Italian Data Protection Authority, Augusta Iannini. We will be speaking about privacy and cloud computing, cookies and other recent developments. For registration see http://formazionegiuridicoeconomica.it/. Hurry up!

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.

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.

Today the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) approved a public consultation on the criteria for the classification of audiovisual programs that could damage the physical, mental or moral development of minors.