Swiftly following the CJEU decision in Filmspeler, in which the Court found that the selling of multimedia players with add-ons to illegal streaming websites amounted to copyright infringement, the CJEU has confirmed that an...more
6/30/2017
/ BitTorrent ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Electronic Communications ,
File Sharing ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Metadata ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Piracy ,
Pirate Bay ,
Search Engines ,
Telecommunications ,
Websites
Since the first proposals for amendments to the European Commission’s draft copyright directive were leaked earlier this month, we have seen quite some discussion on what the Digital Single Market will bring about. The leaked...more
3/20/2017
/ Copyright ,
Digital Media ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Commission ,
File Sharing ,
Infringement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Websites
The cases that deal with the meaning of “communication to the public” continue: in a current reference for a preliminary ruling, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) will have to decide whether the operators of websites that...more
2/9/2017
/ Advocate General ,
BitTorrent ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
File Sharing ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Metadata ,
Netherlands ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Piracy ,
Pirate Bay ,
Search Engines ,
Websites