On the 11th of January 2013, the Milan court GIP (pre-trial examining judge) has ordered the confiscation of ten websites that allowed internet users to watch championship and Champions League soccer matches in streaming (among these webcaston.com and freedocast.com). This measure caused some controversy, also because the broadcasting of sports events is often a disputed […]
The fight against online copyright infringement seems to have had a steep rise with the approaching Christmas holidays. After the Avaxhome case, now it’s the Vallo della Lucania public prosecutor’s office that intervenes to block the websites torrentreactor.net and torrents.net, accused of spreading pirated material. Torrents are actually neutral communications protocols through which anything can […]
The 29th of November, the Milan court GIP (pre-trial examining judge), validated the sequestration of the website avaxhome.ws, ordered by the Public Prosecutor following a lawsuit filed by Mondadori. The acknowledged offences are copyright infringement and fencing, since on the portal important newspapers were made available in .pdf format. It doesn’t look like the site […]
By the judgement on March 1st 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ordained that there is no copyright on the soccer championship matches schedules which will be available for use without restraint by anyone and particulary by bookmakers. The cause had been promoted by Dataco, which manages the rights concerning the […]
April 26, 2025, marks World Intellectual Property Day, and this year’s theme will be music. The initiative...
