Japan: farewell analog, welcome digital
Japanese broadcasters completed the switch to digitized terrestrial TV broadcasting at noon Sunday, July 24,…
Monthly Archives: July, 2011
Catch Me if You Can: The OSCE Report and the hunt for the elusive “human right to the Internet”
The already long-lasting debate on Internet access as a human right has gained momentum again,…
Digital Agenda: Commission facilitates deployment of car radar systems to boost road safety
Authorisation to use the 24 GHz radio frequency band for short-range anti-collision radar in cars…
Data protection regulator: ‘data processor’ must be formally appointed
On June 15 2011 the Italian Data Protection Authority issued a resolution on controllership for…
CJEU on Italian subsidies for the purchase of digital terrestrial decoders
The Court confirms that the Italian subsidies for the purchase of digital terrestrial decoders in…
Diffondere il numero di un’utenza cellulare sul web è reato
Con sentenza del 1 giugno 2011, la III sezione penale della Suprema Corte ha ritenuto…
Japan invites Google+?
The Japanese panorama of social network is fairly different from the Western one. Western leading…
L’art. 12 della legge sulla stampa inapplicabile alla diffamazione a mezzo televisione: una interpretazione correttamente restrittiva di una norma eccezionale
1. L’art. 12 della legge stampa In materia di diritto dell’informazione, tra le disposizioni più…
Osor: over 2700 official websites listed in ‘JoomlaGov’
By mid-July 2011, over 2700 official government and public organisation websites built using the Joomla!…
CALL FOR STUDIES
La Procura della Repubblica, pool reati informatici presso il Tribunale di Milano ed il Comune…
La mediaconciliazione in materia di risarcimento del danno per diffamazione “a mezzo stampa o con altro mezzo di pubblicità”
Il 21 marzo 2011 è divenuta operativa in Italia la media-conciliazione, disciplinata dal d.lgs. 4…
Turkey: Pandora’s Box will be opened shortly…
Turkey is one of the countries people keep watching closely. Due to its strategic location,…
Minsviluppo: il punto della situazione sull’Agenda digitale italiana
Il Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico – Dipartimento per le Comunicazioni – ha pubblicato nella scorsa…
ECHR: fine imposed on TV company for racist and discriminatory content was proportionate
On 21 July in Chamber judgment in the case Sigma Radio Television Ltd. v. Cyprus…
Il negozio di Google
Per risolvere l’azione di classe iniziata nel 2005 davanti alla Corte Distrettuale di New York,…
China:fake Apple stores found in Kunming city
An American blogger has discovered three fake Apple stores operating in Kunming city, China. Pictures…
Ofcom: customer service satisfaction levels revealed
Levels of satisfaction with the ten biggest communications providers’ customer services are today revealed in…
Ebay vs. L’Oréal: a summary of Judgment in Case C-324/09 focus on use of a keyword corresponding to a trade mark.
Ebay still in the public eye. On the 12th July 2011, the Court of Justice…
Ofcom: better value rural broadband
Millions of homes and businesses in rural parts of the UK could get better value…
Servizio pubblico radiotelevisivo e nuovi media: il caso italiano
[i]. 1. Il primo luglio scorso si è tenuto presso l’Università di Exeter un workshop…
Digital Agenda: Commission starts legal action against 20 Member States on late implementation of telecoms rules
The European Commission has sent requests for information to twenty EU Member States which have…
Caricamento di video di terzi su internet, il punto dopo la condanna di Iol
La decisione dello scorso mese nella quale è stata condannata dal Tribunale di Milano Iol…
OSCE – Freedom of Expression on the Internet
Study of legal provisions and practices related to freedom of expression, the free flow of…
European Court of Justice and online gambling: nothing new under the sun
Last 30th June another remarkable judgment on the matter of online gambling was delivered by…
Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having Information at Our Fingertips
The advent of the Internet, with sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made accessing information as…
Digital Agenda: more open access to scientific information
A public consultation on access to, and preservation of, digital scientific information has been launched…
Accolto il reclamo di Yahoo! contro l’ordinanza nel caso “About Elly”
La Sezione Specializzata di proprietà intellettuale del Tribunale di Roma ha accolto il reclamo presentato da…
Internet Law in the Era of Transnational Law
Since its birth, the Internet has usually been considered as a threat to the traditional…
Digital Agenda: Commission consults on practical rules for notifying personal data breaches
The views of telecoms operators, Internet service providers, Member States, national data protection authorities consumer…
La nuova legge belga sulle scommesse on-line
La legge belga sull’ on-line gambling, approvata dal Parlamento lo scorso 3 dicembre 2010 ed…
Commission consults on how best to seize the opportunities for TV and film in the online age
Digital technology and the internet are rapidly changing the way in which audiovisual works are…
Hungary: A popular talk radio loses its licence to a music radio – layoffs at the public service media
The licence of Klubradio at 95,3 MHz expired on 11 February, 2011. According to law,…