Linking, Searching, Scraping: What's Going On In Europe And Italy

A recent judgment of the Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) ( Case C-466/12, popularly known as the Svensson case) confirms its approach to give growing attention to the economic impact and practical implications of the decision when interpreting applicable EU provisions.

At the same time, in Italy, discussions on the new Regulation of Italian Communication Authority on the enforcement of copyright in the context of online and audiovisual media services is turning more and more into discussions on having different rights applying in the online world with respect to the offline world, taking into account that the bundle of uses is different and access and protection of contents online can be better reached through new technologies.