The European Court of Justice issued a relevant ruling in relation to the courts having jurisdiction on disputes arising from defamation occurred through an Internet website. [Read More]

Posted by Giulio Coraggio on Monday 31 Oct 2011

After the YouTube's case, the Italian Courts deal again with ISP's liability rules.[Read More]

Posted by Matia Campo on Tuesday 21 Jun 2011

The Court of Appeal of Catania (Sicily) has issued an Interesting decision against the blog "Accadeinsicilia.it" run by a famous Italian historian Carlo Ruta providing (not on a regular basis) information on Sicily. The Court of Catania challenged to Mr. Ruta that the blog was not enrolled in the Court registry as requested by Italian press law in relation to all press material and issued a fine of € 150 against Mr. Ruta. [Read More]

Posted by Giulio Coraggio on Monday 30 May 2011

In the never ending fight against online piracy one of the most controversial topic is the alleged liability of Internet Service Providers (ISP). A new opinion was issued yesterday by Advocate General Cruz Villalón in a case which is pending before the European Court of Justice.[Read More]

Posted by Gianluigi Marino on Friday 15 Apr 2011