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European court makes it illegal for ISPs to block blanket file-sharing

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24-11-2011 5:17pm

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THE EUROPEAN COURT of Justice has this morning ruled that it is illegal for countries to force internet providers to block illegal filesharing on a blanket basis at their own expense.
In what is already being described as a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice found that EU law precludes governments or courts from requiring internet service providers (ISPs) to place blanket blocks on the sharing of copyrighted material.
The ruling related to a long-running dispute between a music copyright group in Belgium, SABAM, which in 2004 was granted an injunction requiring a local ISP, Scarlet, to make it impossible to share music in its repertoire.

http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/european-court-makes-it-illegal-for-isps-to-block-blanket-file-sharing-287686-Nov2011/

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