5 posts and columns on Silvio Berlusconi

Google’s European Road Trip Gets Even Worse

in Media on February 24, 2010 at 5:41 am PT

Maybe Google should just retire its passport for a bit. In China, the search giant is battling hackers and the government, who may be one and the same. In Europe, the company is being hauled in front of an antitrust review. And Italy? Total disaster.

Google Loses a Round in Italian Court: Will YouTube Have to Pay Up?

in Media on December 16, 2009 at 2:11 pm PT

Here’s the problem with running the world’s biggest video site: It exposes you to legal fights all over the world. And Google appears to have lost a tussle in Italian court today. Mediaset, a commercial broadcaster controlled by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, has won a copyright ruling, and a Rome court has ordered YouTube to remove all of Mediaset’s content from the site. The broadcaster is reportedly looking for at least $730 million in damages.

Facebook Is Not a Place to Connect and Share With People Who Hate Silvio Berlusconi

in Media on December 16, 2009 at 9:39 am PT

You can do a lot of things on Facebook, but cheering on the guy who hit Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the face is not one of them. So says the social network service, cautioning that it will be keeping an eye on users who chatter about the attack, which left 73-year-old Berlusconi in the hospital with a broken nose.
Massimo Tartaglia

YouTube to Mediaset SpA: Va' All'Inferno!

in News on July 30, 2008 at 10:22 am PT

Looks like Google has updated its arrogance algorithm again. Having dismissed Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement suit over video clips on YouTube as a “mistake,” the company is taking the same tack with a similar suit brought against it by Italian TV company Mediaset SpA.

YouTube to Mediaset SpA: Va’ All’Inferno!

in News on July 30, 2008 at 10:22 am PT

Looks like Google has updated its arrogance algorithm again. Having dismissed Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement suit over video clips on YouTube as a “mistake,” the company is taking the same tack with a similar suit brought against it by Italian TV company Mediaset SpA.