Legislative Decree 822 Copyright Law

providing that (1) no authority or private party may authorise the use of a copyrighted work or any other work protected under Copyright Law or assist in its use if the user doesn’t have previous and written authorization from the copyright holder, except in the cases established by law, under risk of solidarity liability (article 39); (2) the owner, conducer or representative in charge of establishments where copyrighted works are communicated will answer in solidarity with the event’s organiser for any infringement that may happen on those premises (article 116).