Resumen de Italy: : Government Adopts Legislative Decree on Permitted Uses of Orphan Works
On 10 November 2014, the Italian Council of Ministers adopted legislative decree no. 163 implementing Directive 2012/28/EU on certain permitted uses of orphan works (i.e. works whose rightholders cannot be identified or located) by publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments and museums, as well as by archives, film or audio heritage institutions and public-service broadcasting organisations (see IRIS 2012-10/1).
