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In a development hailed by European Digital Rights as a “win for fundamental freedoms,” the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decreed that operators of social networking websites are not obligated to install blanket filtering systems that monitor and remove copyrighted content that is posted illegally
In a development with implications for the European Union’s (EU’s) ongoing debate concerning online copyright infringement, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down a ruling, issued by Belgium’s copyright management watchdog, that ordered Tiscali, a Belgian ISP, to monitor and block peer-to-peer (P2P) files that illegally contain copyrighted musical works
In a development with implications for the European Commission (EC) investigation into net neutrality, European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General (AG) Pedro Cruz Villalon concluded in an advisory opinion that a Belgian court order that forces Internet service providers (ISPs) to filter or block web content in the interest of preventing unauthorized downloads of copyrighted material violates the fundamental rights of Internet users
