The AFI (Associazione Fonografici Italiani) has entrusted the now well-known issue that sees it opposed to Meta for the unauthorized use of the contents of its associates and principals to Studio Lipani Catricalà & Partners, and in particular to the litigation team led by equity partner Silvia Cossu together with professor Enzo Cannizzaro and lawyer Simone Ventura.
"The decision to entrust the dispute to such a prestigious firm, with an important history in the field of antitrust litigation, stems from the ambition to see the correct market balance and the end of a period of overt abuses recognized once and for all. and abuses by the social media giant, now renamed Meta Platforms, comments the president of Afi Sergio Cerruti.
"Contrary to the personalities that emerged on the subject, the result of sensational technically incorrect and certainly out of place statements expressed by the presidents of other representative bodies, our one and only purpose is to try to rebalance the market in favor of national interests, in particular of small and medium-sized enterprises in our country that do not want and do not have to submit to a system that requires them to turn to foreign associations to have their rights recognized that are already managed to intermediaries for them, as required by law, by Italian associations , including AFI itself ", explains Cerruti.
"I am sorry that for the umpteenth time it was necessary to call upon lawyers and law firms for a situation that, in addition to being widely known by those who practice it, is also understood by Agcm and Agcom, the Authorities that supervise the market and our sector, which until now have not had the right stimulus to face the big American company Meta, as if the application of the rules relating to competition and business freedom depends on the size of the parties involved and not on the quantity and quality of the rights violated ", explains Cerruti.
"At this point we expect that the Lipani Catricalà & Partners Firm will be able to capture the attention of the Authorities and find a definitive resolution to the issue, which otherwise we will be forced to bring ourselves to