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Highest EU Court Prohibits P2P Filtering by ISPs
Linked by
Thom Holwerda
on Thu 24th Nov 2011 11:15 UTC
While the US is still pondering SOPA, we just got some absolutely fantastic news out of Europe. The European Court of Justice, the highest court in the European Union, has just ruled that
P2P filters installed by ISPs violate the European Directive on electronic commerce as well as fundamental rights
[
full ruling
]. This is a hugely important ruling that effectively protects all member states of the European Union from ever being subjected to ISP filtering and spying.
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on Fri 25th Nov 2011 13:10 UTC in reply to "
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Member since:
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Wonderful trolling!