Internet companies voice alarm over Italian law
• ReutersThe draft, due to be approved next month, would make Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Fastweb (FWB.MI) and Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI), and Web sites like Google's (GOOG.O) YouTube, responsible for monitoring TV content on their pages, industry experts say.
It comes as Google's YouTube unit is engaged in a legal battle with Mediaset (MS.MI), controlled by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Italy's largest media group wants 500 million euros in damages from YouTube for copyright infringement.
