Hosting provider found liable for damages caused by hosted website *

Netherlands - October 30 2012
For the first time a hosting and internet service provider is held liable for damages in an anti-piracy case in the Netherlands (District Court of The Hague (the "Court"), 24 October 2012, BREIN v XSN).

Co-authors: Douwe Groenevelt , Tobias Cohen Jehoram.

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Online database infringement takes place in targeted member state *

European Union - October 19 2012
On 18 October 2012, the EU Court of Justice ("CJ") rendered its decision in Football Dataco v Sportradar (C-173/11).

Co-authors: Tobias Cohen Jehoram, Samantha Brinkhuis.

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CJ asked if private copy from illegal source is legal *

European Union, Netherlands - September 27 2012
On 21 September 2012, the Dutch Supreme Court submitted pre-judicial questions to the EU Court of Justice ("CJ") in ACI v. Stichting De Thuiskopie.

Co-authors: Tobias Cohen Jehoram.

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Supreme Court: standards are copyright protected *

Netherlands - June 27 2012
On 22 June 2012, the Supreme Court rendered its judgment in Knooble v. Dutch State and DSI.

Co-authors: Tobias Cohen Jehoram.

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CJ remarkably willing to fully harmonise EU copyright law *

Austria, European Union - December 2 2011
On 1 December 2011, the European Court of Justice ("CJ") rendered its decision in Eva-Maria Painer v. Standard Verlags GmbH et al.

Co-authors: Simone Kooij , Tobias Cohen Jehoram.

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