Advocate General considers Belgian orders requiring filtering and blocking of infringing files contrary to EU law | Practical Law

Advocate General considers Belgian orders requiring filtering and blocking of infringing files contrary to EU law | Practical Law

Advocate General Cruz Villalón has given an opinion in which he recommends that the ECJ declare it to be contrary to EU law for the national court of a member state to make an order, on the basis of a particular Belgian statutory provision, requiring an ISP to install a system for an indefinite period and at their own expense to identify and block the transfer of files which allegedly infringe the copyright in music or films.

Advocate General considers Belgian orders requiring filtering and blocking of infringing files contrary to EU law

by PLC IPIT & Communications
Published on 14 Apr 2011 • European Union
Advocate General Cruz Villalón has given an opinion in which he recommends that the ECJ declare it to be contrary to EU law for the national court of a member state to make an order, on the basis of a particular Belgian statutory provision, requiring an ISP to install a system for an indefinite period and at their own expense to identify and block the transfer of files which allegedly infringe the copyright in music or films.