Editorial Series · Public Research
PLD 2024 & AI Governance for Software Houses
An ongoing public series on the structural implications of the new EU regulatory regime — Product Liability Directive 2024, AI Act, Tech Sovereignty Package — for software houses and technical professionals operating in regulated industries.
Article I · The seven structural shifts
PLD 2024 — the seven structural changes that redefine the sector
Software as a product, software updates as a producer obligation, ten-year liability, defect presumptions, evidence asymmetry, joint liability, and component liability.
· 16 min · in Italian
Read the article →Article II · Five-plus-one development scenarios
The 5+1 scenarios and the exposures each one generates
Bespoke build, SaaS, custom integration, IP licensing, open source, embedded systems — and what each means for the software house, its employees and its external consultants.
· 30 min · in Italian
Read the article →Article III · The decade that changes everything
Joint liability, insolvency, and why run-off cover becomes structural
How the directive restructures the ten-year horizon of producer responsibility for software products.
· 15 min · in Italian
Read the article →Article IV · Vulnerability management
Reasonable diligence and defensible timelines under PLD 2024
CVE classification, patching windows, and the limit Article 15 places on transferring liability by contract.
· 15 min · in Italian
Read the article →Article V · International configurations
Jurisdictional flight, and why it does not exist
Brussels I bis, Rome II, corporate veil piercing, and criminal liability under Article 27 of the Italian Constitution.
· 14 min · in Italian
Read the article →Article VI · Contracts & insurance
Twenty clauses and the policy, seen from three sides
Client, software house, signing professional: contracts and insurance cover in asymmetric power dynamics.
· 33 min · in Italian
Read the article →The six articles are published here in full, in the Italian they were written in. Each one first appeared on LinkedIn and links back to that original; this domain is the archive of record, and the canonical version of every piece is the one on this site.
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