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ANSA. Google's project to digitize millions of books violates international copyright law, the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) said on Friday in its representations to a New York court. (Read the article)
From i-Italy. The posters inspired by Brian DePalma's movie "The Untouchables," and featuring Italian Premier Berlusconi as Al Capone, have been spotted in Paris. As we informed our readers two days ago, they first appeared in Manhattan and were photographed by Pietro Salvini (some Italian papers have re-published the news, without acknowledging the author of the pictures.) The posters seen in Paris today is in Italian and reads "L'intoccabile. Quando l'impunità diventa sistema." The same poster appeared in Milan. It s still unclear who is behind what seems now a well-planned global political campaign.
The New York Times. People have understood the unease, the mortification, the suffering that this arrogant neglect of sobriety has caused the Catholic Church,” the editor, Dino Boffo, wrote last month.
On Thursday, Mr. Boffo was out of a job. Late last week, Il Giornale, the newspaper owned by Mr. Berlusconi’s brother, called Mr. Boffo “a homosexual known to the Italian secret services” and the culprit in a sexual harassment suit. (Read the article by Rachel Donadio)
From i-Italy. A number of posters inspired by the famous film "The Untouchables" appeared yesterady in Soho, Little Italy, and the Lower East Side in Manhattan. They portray Italy's Premier Silvio Berlusconi as the main character and read: "He rules Italy with absolute power. No one can touch him. No one can stop him." From the pictures, e-mailed to us by a friend, it is unclear who ideated the campaign. We shall investigate in the next days... For now, click on "more" to see the photos Photos by Pietro Salvini
The New York Times. Bubuggiate (Northern Italy) It is well known that driving while talking on a cellphone greatly increases the risk of an accident. But what about being distracted by art, particularly if it happens to be the hard-to-miss showpiece of a roundabout? Take the sculpture of a pack of cyclists in a traffic circle here on a route to Lake Varese, in northern Italy. (Read the article by Elisabetta Polovedo)
The New York Times. This is a challenging year for the Venice Film Festival, given that construction has now started on a brand new Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, due to be completed in 2011, on the same site where the world’s oldest filmfest has taken place since it began in the 1930s. (Read the article by R. C. Morris)
ANSA. The Venice Film Festival kicks off Wednesday night with a gala showing of Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore's Sicilian epic Baaria, one of four Italian films competing for the top prize. (Read the article)
ANSA. Ethnic eateries are booming in Italy and foreigners have also carved out a big chunk of new Italian restaurants. (Read the article)
AFP. "When Alberobello was listed as a UNESCO heritage site in 1996 it generated huge publicity overseas, and now it's the most visited tourist spot in Apulia," said tour operator Donato Mastronardi. "You can really speak of a boom." (Read the article by Katia Dolmadjian)
THE NEW YORK TIMES. MANY outside Italy seem to assume that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gets away with his sexist behavior because Italian men condone it and the women at least tolerate it. But this is no longer true. (Read the article by Chiara Volpato)