German Federal Court: Internet access providers can be ordered to block access to websites on copyright infringement grounds
The German Federal Court of Justice issued a ruling according to which Internet access providers can be ordered to block copyright-infringing websites, provided that the rightholders have exhausted all reasonable steps to enforce their rights against the website operator and the host provider. Details here.
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