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On 14 July 2015, the Court of Rome, First Civil Section, rejected in Decision no. 15422 the claims filed by the Italian Parents’ Non-profit Organisation (MOIGE) concerning Wikimedia Foundation Inc., aimed at seeking compensation for damages deriving from a defamatory description of the same organisation on the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia. MOIGE sued Wikimedia Foundation Inc., the foundation which owns and manages the famous online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, before the Court of Rome in order to seek compensation for damages deriving from MOIGE’s description provided on the relevant Wikipedia page,...

On 9 July 2015, the Italian Communications Authority (Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni - AGCOM) approved Resolution no. 414/15/CONS, launching a public consultation related to the identification of emerging platforms for the purpose of marketing audiovisual sports rights. According to Section 14, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree no. 9 of 9 January 2008, AGCOM identifies periodically, and at least every two years, emerging platforms (for previous consultations, see IRIS 2012-2/27). With reference to the marketing of audiovisual rights intended for emerging platforms, the aforementioned...

On 25 June 2015, the Italian Communication Authority (Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni - AGCOM) adopted through Resolution n. 402/15/CONS the plan for allocating the frequencies allotted to Italy based on the 2006 Geneva Agreement and not assigned to national network operators for the digital terrestrial television service (for previous plans, see IRIS 2012-5/30). Pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 8, of Act 21 February 2014, n. 9, as amended by Article 1, paragraph 147 of Act of 23 December 2014, n. 190 (Stability Law 2015), the decision of the Italian regulatory authority makes transmission...

On 12 May 2015, the Italian Communications Authority (Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni - AGCOM) approved Resolution no. 286/15/CONS starting the proceeding aimed at identifying the relevant market(s), as well as ascertaining dominant positions or positions that otherwise affect pluralism in the sector of audiovisual media services. According to Article 43, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree no. 177 of 31 July 2005, upon reporting on an interested topic or on its own periodical initiative, AGCOM: (i) identifies the relevant market in compliance with the principles set forth under Articles...

On 27 March 2015, the Italian Government approved the draft bill concerning the reform of the public service broadcaster, Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A (RAI). The main points of the proposed reform include: (i) the duration of the national service agreement between RAI and the Ministry of Economic Development and the content of the obligations related to the public service broadcasting; and (ii) the RAI’s corporate governance. Further provisions of the above mentioned draft bill require the improvement of the efficiency of the public financing system. A number of key provisions include the following:...