[WSJ] Top EU Court Backs Internet Bootlegging Ruling

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[…] The European Union’s highest court said on Thursday that Internet service providers may have to block access to websites that infringe copyrights.

[…] two movie companies wanted UPC [internet service provider Telekabel Wien GmbH] to block access to […] a site that allowed users to stream or download movies under their copyright.

UPC argued that it shouldn’t be responsible for policing copyrights on a site that was completely separate from its own operations […] The ECJ disagreed. The EU’s copyrights law « does not require a specific relationship between the person infringing copyright and the intermediary against whom an injunction may be issued, » it said. It also wasn’t necessary for copyright holders to prove that the protected content was actually being accessed through the providers they were targeting.

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