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ECJ finds ISP filtering falls foul of EU law

  • Pitmans LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • December 2 2011

The ECJ has held that an order imposed by a Belgian court, which required an internet service provider (“ISP”) to filter and block access by its customers to files containing infringing copies of musical works, was incompatible with EU law. (Scarlet Extended SA v Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs SCRL, Case C-7010, 24 November 2011

Constitutional Court rules on the lawfulness of the revised provisions for online gambling of the Gaming Act of 7 May 1999

  • Stibbe
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  • Belgium
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  • November 22 2011

On 14 July 2011, the Constitutional Court issued a judgment in which it decided that the revised rules for operating online gambling services in Belgium are non-discriminatory and do not violate the European principle of free movement of services

European Court of Justice rules that a general monitoring obligation is not compatible with EU law

  • Stibbe
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • April 19 2012

On 24 November 2011, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) ruled that European law precludes the imposition of an injunction against internet service providers requiring it to install a general filtering system for the purpose of preventing illegal downloading activities

EU Advocate General says ISPs cannot be forced to block illegal downloads

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • Belgium, European Union
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  • April 22 2011

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