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Highest EU Court Prohibits P2P Filtering by ISPs
posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 24th Nov 2011 11:15 UTC
IconWhile 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. 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.