New laws on author’s rights (L. 248/2000) have been the focus of the XVIII GIDIF-RBM conference on”The new law on author’s rights and the diffusion of scientific documentation”. The chosen moment was perfect since this stage is the most delicate: the law is effective but are still missing the decrees on its use. The discussion has been on: the unease of professional world on the new law that regulates the chance to make and circulate copies of documents for study reasons; the need to have clear laws for author’s rights payment in libraries; the complaint on discrimination between public libraries and the professional world as a whole; the need to safeguard the legitimate interests of libraries and documental organizations; at the end, is highlighted that the law is against the same agreements made with publishers for electronic resources.