Posted February 16, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/16/facebook-twitter-piracy-software-court-ruling
Sabam wanted the court to declare that Netlog and other social networks should actively monitor music and video posted by users to ensure that it does not infringe copyright.
However, the ECJ ruled that requiring social networks to install anti-piracy filtering software would fall foul of the existing e-commerce directive.
Interesting. Can't say I'd ever heard if this case, or Sabam before this article....
Sabam wanted the court to declare that Netlog and other social networks should actively monitor music and video posted by users to ensure that it does not infringe copyright.
However, the ECJ ruled that requiring social networks to install anti-piracy filtering software would fall foul of the existing e-commerce directive.