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EU Advisor: Courts Can Order ISPs To Block Sites
- Gigaom, Wednesday, November 27, 2013 1:48 PM
In an opinion published by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Tuesday, Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalón said these blockages are permitted under EU law under certain circumstances, as the ISP qualifies as an “intermediary”. Countries such as the UK have been allowing such injunctions for some time, but Austria’s High Court wanted the CJEU’s take on the matter before definitively allowing one in the case of UPC Telekabel Wien, an ISP, and rights-holders Constantin Film and Wega. The CJEU still has to give its own ruling — Cruz Villalón is only its advisor.
