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Three decreti ministeriali (Ministerial Decrees) have been published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale (Italian Official Gazette) of 8 October 2004. Together with six other Ministerial Decrees previously published, they implement the provisions laid down in the main Legislative Decree of 22 January 2004 (see IRIS 2004-3: 12). The Decrees aim to provide new specific rules reforming the law on cinema in Italy. In particular, these Decrees provide rules on financial contributions towards the production, distribution and promotion of movies, rules for the composition and functioning of the newly created Commissione...

Since 8 April 2004, political communication on local radio and television has been regulated by a co-regulatory code. The Political Communication Act no. 28/2000 (see IRIS 2000-3: 9) was amended in November 2003 by Act no. 313/2003 in order to entitle local broadcasters' associations to adopt a code on political communication. The Code has been revised according to the opinion of the Communications Authority (AGCOM) and adopted by a ministerial decree. The concept is the same as the main Act, but softer in its application. Any political body (" soggetto politico ") must be granted equal access...

On 18 May, the Decreto Legge (statutory instrument) containing budgetary and non-budgetary measures aimed at supporting and stimulating the Italian film and entertainment industry was converted into law (see IRIS 2004-4: 12). The text of the law contains some modifications to the prior Decreto Legge, which, among other provisions, stipulates the criminal nature of the unauthorised distribution of copyrighted films via electronic means (including P2P networks) not only when this takes place for "commercial purposes" but also when it takes place "to derive (any) benefit". From the very beginning,...

On 3 May 2004, the Italian Parliament approved definitively the so-called Gasparri Law. The bill was proposed by the Ministero delle comunicazioni (Ministry for Communications) on 24 September 2002 to the Camera dei deputati (Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament) (see IRIS 2002-10: 10) and after an almost two-year long discussion, during which temporary measures had to be adopted (see IRIS 2004-3: 11) in order to comply with a judgment of the Constitutional Court concerning the TV channels that were exceeding existing anti-concentration rules (see IRIS 2003-3: 13), the Law entered into...

On 22 March, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a Decreto-Legge (statutory instrument), containing budgetary and non-budgetary measures aimed at supporting and stimulating the Italian film industry and, more generally, the whole field of entertainment. On the basis of the new legislation, the Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali (Ministry of Culture) will be able to set aside part of its own budget for 2004 for the development not only of the film industry, but also of theatre and opera productions, concerts and sport events. Cinecittà Holding S.p.a. ­ a (predominantly) state-owned...