ECJ finds order requiring ISP to filter and block infringing files incompatible with EU law | Practical Law
The ECJ has held that an order imposed by a Belgian court, which required an internet service provider 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-70/10, 24 November 2011.) (Free access.)