Distributors of free Apps shall comply with stringent transparency obligations following an investigation from the Italian competition authority that challenged some of them as misleading.
Google link tax might be reproduced in Italy after the negative experience that led to the shutting down of Google News in Spain as a consequence of the approval of a similar law.
Yahoo! is a passive hosting provider obliged to remove copyright infringing material only following a detailed notice from the rights' holder and without any filtering obligation in relation to future potentially infringing videos.
TripAdvisor has been sanctioned by the Italian competition authority (AGCM) for the misleading advertising claims relating to the truthfulness of the reviews published by their users on the site that according to the AGCM cannot be guaranteed. ย This case might trigger considerable risks also for other social media and fashion blogs.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) drafted a new page of copyright-related Internet liability rules holding that the embedding of a video from a videosharing platform on the different site without the consent from the right holder is not a copyright breach.ย
Internet liability principles are increasingly tested with the growth of social media. ย And we receive a large number of requests of advice from clients running a fan page, a group or a list on social networks dedicated to either their company trademark/brand or to one of their major products in relation to the liability for the contents published on such fan pages.
The Italian tax police seized 46 websites streaming videos in breach of the copyright holders, but is also going after entities "supporting" such sites through banners published on them so…
Fake comments or reviews on social media and blogs are quite common especially in the fashion sector, but their practice might lead to potential legal issues and liabilities.