http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/2010/01/14/news/decreto_...
In the last paragraph, it says that the rules for tv broadcasting would be applied to websites that provide video (meaning they would be subject to governmental approval).
> New rules to be introduced by government decree will require people who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorization
If this new bill will pass (and it will) then youtube will be deemed responsible for copyright infringement. This has nothing to do with users asking for authorization.
(Assuming we can drop any argument of copyright being right/wrong for the moment.. for the record I believe it is broken)
It makes sense that sites like Youtube (who after all are actually the ones making most of the money here!) are given some of the responsibility for making sure whatever rules we insist on are not broken.
As I read it this law goes too far; but I think it is more a misguided move in the roughly right direction more than anything else. If we can get a really serious revision of what copyright means (this is important, and I think it is coming if slowly - but it has to be done next I think for the rest to work) and force the content hosts to take some culpability for whatever rules we eventually decide on then I think things would be on the right track.
edit: Im not shocked at the downvote: but Im interested in hearing counter arguments / what specifically seems illogical?
Lets call this for what it really is. This isn't about copyright. This is about dismantling a free media system which competes with a corrupt Italian government's ability to control public opinion.
* [...] si aumentano per Mediaset (il tetto per gli spot sulle pay tv passa dal 18 al 12 per cento nel 2012, per Mediaset sale dal 6 al 12 per cento, ndr). [...] *
Basically it says that most tv channels have more limited advertising concentration than Mediaset (now from 6% to 12%), now Mediaset has a flat 12% adv concentration. Wow, now this is an ad hoc decree.