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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