Scarlet Extended SA v. Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs SCRL (SABAM)

The following court decision refers to the proceedings between Scarlet Extended SA and the Société belge des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs SCRL (SABAM) and addresses Scarlet’s refusal to install a system for filtering electronic communications that use file-sharing software (‘peer-to-peer’), with the aim to prevent file sharing that infringes copyright.