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Brussels court refers two questions to the ECJ on injunctions against ISPs over illegal P2P file sharing

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Belgium
  • -
  • May 10 2010

In a case between the collecting society SABAM and internet service provider Scarlet, relating to the measures which can be imposed on Scarlet to prevent illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing over its network, the Brussels Court of Appeal has referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) two questions about the legality (including a test of proportionality) of the injunctions requested by SABAM

Illegal internet file downloads under HADOPI 1 and 2

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
  • -
  • May 10 2010

In 2007 the French government requested a commission led by Denis Olivennes to broker an agreement between organisations representing the music and film industry and internet service providers on proposals to combat unlawful file-sharing

Brussels court refers two questions to the ECJ on injunctions against ISPs over illegal P2P file sharing

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Belgium
  • -
  • May 10 2010

In a case between the collecting society SABAM and internet service provider Scarlet, relating to the measures which can be imposed on Scarlet to prevent illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing over its network, the Brussels Court of Appeal has referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) two questions about the legality (including a test of proportionality) of the injunctions requested by SABAM

Hot pursuit of mere conduits

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Sweden
  • -
  • January 11 2010

Following the criminal conviction of the Pirate Bay defendants in April, rights-owners have been pursuing civil cases, including against ISPs, in an attempt to close down the Pirate Bay site

Digital Economy Bill: dealing with online copyright infringers

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 11 2010

The introduction of a Digital Economy Bill was announced in the Queens Speech on 18 November

The battle for a unified media market

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • January 8 2010

A common policy agenda for an efficient online media market is badly needed

The French “three strikes” system is raised from the dead

  • Bird & Bird
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  • France
  • -
  • December 14 2009

On 22 September, the French Parliament passed a bill providing a new version of the "three strikes" system against persistent illegal filesharers

Mininova forced to remove torrents linking to copyright material

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • December 14 2009

The internet offers lots of opportunities for the development and exploitation of information products on secondary markets

German court decides that the split of online music copyrights is invalid

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
  • -
  • December 14 2009

The Regional Court of Munich has decided that the music industry’s common practice of splitting online rights conflicts with German copyright law

Digital Britain the final report

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 14 2009

The final Digital Britain Report was published in June 2009