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04 February 2010

ECJ to hear questions on ISP liability

James Nurton, London

The Brussels Court of Appeal has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on two questions regarding the liability of internet service providers (ISPs) for peer-to-peer file sharing

The questions were referred in a ruling on January 28 in a dispute between the music collecting society Sabam and ISP Scarlet (now owned by Belgacom).




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