Rome Court of First instance confirms once again that takedown requests do not need to include URLs
Puzzling level of aggressiveness in guy's expression The Tribunale di Roma (Rome Court of First Instance) is back with yet another decision on the liability of online intermediaries (ISPs) for third-party copyright infringements. After the decisions against video sharing platforms Break [noted here ] and Kewego [noted here ] , this time it was the turn of streaming platform Megavideo [shut down in Italy since 2012] to be found ineligible for safe harbour protection pursuant to Article 16 of Decreto Legislativo 70/2003 [by which Italy implemented Article 14 of the Ecommerce Directive into its own national law] . The case is: Tribunale di Roma, Reti Televisive Italiane spa v Megavideo Ltd , decision 14279/2016, published 15/07/2016. Background In a decision published last Friday and made available and commented on very useful Italian IP resource Marchi&Brevetti , the Rome Cou...