AGCOM, the new dawn of copyright - Computer Point

Into Approved the draft regulation that will protect the copyright on electronic communications networks. No disconnection for users. The opposite of war is against the platforms that operate for profit

Rome – Under the leadership of President Angelo Marcello drive shafts, the Board of the Authority for the Communications Authority (AGCOM) has approved the long-awaited draft regulations for the protection of the right of ‘author on electronic communications networks. The result of “a broad and deep reflection on all the information gathered in the debate that has developed in the community of interest and comparison with models from other European countries,” the new measure of AGCOM primarily wants to preserve some of the main rights of netizens flag, from freedom of expression to free access to the Internet .

As anticipated in recent weeks, the Authority has no intention to follow the French model deceased, avoiding to trample on the fundamental rights of users in combating the proliferation of content in copyright infringement. The measure of AGCOM is primarily based on the adoption of effective strategies for education law – or promotion of the (legal) alternative to the pirate – and then tack on more specific strategies enforcement that aim to hit those “violations exercised for profit” or at least the more massive phenomena of audiovisual piracy.

In essence, end users ( downloader ) or the P2P networks will be excluded from perimeter intervention of AGCOM, which has now announced the launch of a public consultation period (60 days) to ensure “the maximum involvement of all stakeholders and institutions concerned. ” You will then set up a press in which the same technical stakeholders (and institutions) will be able to develop “forms of self-regulation for the dissemination of legal digital content, to monitor the implementation of the Regulation and to formulate AGCOM proposed updates in relation to changes in technology and market “as it said in a brief statement issued by the Authority flag.

In the area of ??enforcement, and therefore legal proceedings, AGCOM has preferred a short procedure – from 45 to 10 days – which respects the principles of adversarial to give voice to all those involved. The Authority will examine only those cases reported by legitimate parties (rights holders) and only in case of a negative result from a specific removal request sent to the operator of an Internet page . “The measures proposed in the consultation are those provided for by Legislative Decree No . 70/2003 (selectively removing or disabling access to illegal content) and will be marked by appropriateness and proportionality, taking into account the seriousness of the violation and the location of the server, “reads the communiqué of AGCOM.

the president of Confindustria Italian Culture (ICC) Marco Polillo, the draft regulation approved by AGCOM could change the history of the development of the digital economy Italian. “In the coming hours we will study the text and provide timely feedback during the public consultation – said Polillo – It seems to me however that the schema contains all the prerequisites to carry out a serious, effective and non-invasive action to combat online piracy that would allow the ‘ beginning of a new era in the development of legal offers of digital content. “

” The approach taken by AGCOM seems in line with the objective of hitting those illegal actions that seriously harm the development of ‘offer digital music – said the president of FIMI Enzo Mazza – Today, with an online music market that nearly 40 per cent in Italy and with an increasingly wide competition is essential to hit the parasitic portals of abusive and this principle, the action of the NRA with the power to require ISPs to disable the sites, or block, can be effective, to date the sites blocked by the courts in Italy have had a drop in access to more than 80 percent “.

Mauro Old