Brussels, 16/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - The owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system, covering all its users to prevent the unlawful use of copyright musical and audio-visual work, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled on Thursday 16 February in case C-360/10.
The Court restated almost word for word its previous ruling of 24 November 2011 in case C-70/10 (see EUROPE 10502), which rejected such a supervision and blocking obligation on internet...