Italian court says that rightholders do NOT have to indicate URLs when submitting takedown requests
So beautiful .. but would ISPs agree? When does a hosting provider become liable for third-party infringements? Does an internet service provider (ISP) have an obligation to monitor the information it stores at the request of third parties? Do rightholders need to indicate the precise location of allegedly infringing works by means of URLs? Where can one sue for alleged online copyright infringement? These are questions which both the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and national courts have addressed over the past few years (although not always answered clearly). A few days ago the Tribunale di Roma (Rome Court of First Instance) issued an interesting [shocking or amazing, depending on one's own perspective] judgment in this area. It did so in the context of litigation between RTI - Reti Televisive Italiane (owned by broadcasting company Mediaset ) and Break Media, a company operating video sharing platform break.com . T...