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• Both sides claim victory in Rome court's privacy ruling

  Both sides claimed victory Monday after a Rome judge took a minimalist view of the responsibilities of telecom carriers for stamping out online piracy in a court battle pitting copyright defenders against Internet distributors and privacy interests.

  By Philip Willan | 20 April, 2010 06:02

  Tags: anti-piracy, Audiovisual Antipiracy Federation (FAPAV), Italy, Rome, telecommunications

• Judge in Italian Google case receives threats on Facebook

  The Milan judge who convicted three Google executives for allowing the posting of a video showing the bullying of an autistic teenager has received hundreds of threatening and insulting messages via Facebook since the verdict was first announced on Feb. 24.

  By Philip Willan | 16 April, 2010 05:40

  Tags: court case, executive, Facebook, Google, Italy

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  Three Google execs convicted over Italian bullying video

  Three Google executives were handed suspended six month prison sentences by a Milan court on Wednesday for privacy law violations relating to a video posted on Google Video showing the bullying of a handicapped boy.

  By Philip Willan | 25 February, 2010 06:44

  Tags: cyber bullying, Google, Italy, legal

• Proposed Web video restrictions cause outrage in Italy

  New rules to be introduced by government decree will require people who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorization from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web, opposition lawmakers have warned.

  By Philip Willan | 16 January, 2010 05:16

  Tags: censorship, Italy

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  Italian class action to sue over preinstalled Windows

  An Italian consumers association is set to mount a class-action lawsuit to obtain compensation for customers who buy PCs with preinstalled Microsoft software but who prefer not to use the Windows OS, the association's president announced Tuesday.

  By Philip Willan | 07 January, 2010 09:24

  Tags: Italy, legal, Microsoft, Windows

• Delay to broadband investment provokes outrage in Italy

  The announcement at the beginning of the month that the government was postponing a Euros 800 million (US$1.2 billion) investment in modernizing Italy's broadband infrastructure has provoked indignation among government critics and embarrassment among ministers.

  By Philip Willan | 18 November, 2009 09:03

  Tags: Between, broadband, Italy, National Broadband Network (NBN)

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  Google presents defense in Italian bullying video case

  A Google engineer appeared in court in Milan Tuesday to defend the company's conduct in connection with posting a video showing the bullying of a disabled teenager.

  By Philip Willan | 30 September, 2009 05:17

  Tags: Google, Italy, lawsuits, legal

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  Report: Google accused of violating Italian law

  An Italian prosecutor has accused Google of violating Italian and European regulations in the way it handles its e-mail communications, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported Monday.

  By Philip Willan | 29 September, 2009 05:38

  Tags: compliance, e-records, gmail, Google, Italy, legal

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  Google faces broad antitrust investigation in Italy

  Italy's Antitrust Authority has broadened its investigation of Google's business practices in the country, it said Friday.

  By Peter Sayer | 08 September, 2009 05:42

  Tags: antitrust, Google, Italy, lawsuits, legal

• Italy opens antitrust investigation into Google News

  Italy's Antitrust Authority has opened an investigation into Google Italy for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the Internet search market, the Authority announced Thursday.

  By Philip Willan | 28 August, 2009 03:21

  Tags: Google News, Italy

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  Italian court postpones trial of four Google execs

  The criminal trial of four senior Google executives in a court in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday was postponed until Sept. 29 because the translator failed to show up, Google said Tuesday.

  By Paul Meller | 24 June, 2009 05:58

  Tags: Google, Italy, legal

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  International telecom hacker group busted

  A federal grand jury in New Jersey indicted three people, and five people were arrested in Italy, all in connection with the hacking into the IT systems of thousands of companies around the world to gain free access to telephone services, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 15 June, 2009 07:49

  Tags: hackers, Italy

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  Pirate Bay verdict gives urgency to Italian case

  Italian antipiracy campaigners have welcomed the recent Stockholm court verdict on the founders of The Pirate Bay Web site, saying it should clear the way for a similar case under the Italian justice system.

  By Philip Willan | 30 April, 2009 05:34

  Tags: Italy, legal, the pirate bay

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  Italian earthquake spotlights early warning systems

  In the wake of Monday's earthquake in Italy, scientists and researchers working on early warnings systems said that knowing about an earthquake even just a few seconds before it hits can make a big difference to people in a stricken area.

  By Marco Tennyson | 07 April, 2009 06:37

  Tags: early warning systems, Italy