Italy: Lawsuit relating to the compatibility of Italian Copyright compensation rules for digital platforms with European Union's copyright directive (Regional Administrative Court for Lazio v Meta Platforms Ireland) (Case No. C-797/23)

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
10 Jul 2025 under deliberation
21 Dec 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content remuneration regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

10 Jul 2025
under deliberation

Advocate General of Court of Justice of European Union issued opinion on compatibility of Italian copyright compensation rules for digital platforms with European Union's copyright directive (Regional Administrative Court for Lazio v Meta Platforms Ireland) (Case No. C-797/23)

On 10 July 2025, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of European Union issued an opinion on the Italian implementation of Article 15 of Directive (EU) 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. The Directive grants press publishers…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type opinion
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
21 Dec 2023
under deliberation

Regional Administrative Court for Lazio announced request for opinion on compatibility of Italian Copyright compensation rules for digital platforms with European Union's copyright directive (Regional Administrative Court for Lazio v Meta Platforms Ireland) (Case No. C-797/23)

On 21 December 2023, the Regional Administrative Court for Lazio announced a request for a preliminary ruling at the Court of Justice of the European Union, seeking clarification on the compatibility of Italian legislation with Article 15 of Directi…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court