https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2014/07/intermediary-liability-news-italy...

In the last few days, Italian courts have been busy tackling online copyright infringement and sanctioning platforms that allegedly facilitate infringement. A criminal court in Rome blocked access in Italy to several websites for copyright infringement, including Mega, the new Kim Dotcom’s cloud storage service, and the Russian Internet giant Mail.ru. Meanwhile, the civil Court of Turin issued an injunction forcing YouTube to proactively monitor its platform for copyright infringement for certain South American soap operas uploaded by users.

Mail.ru is the most-visited Russian website and the largest Russian Internet company. It is as if the court blocked access to Gmail, Yahoo!, or one of the leading Italian portals and email providers like Virgilio or Libero.it.

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