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EU rules ISPs can't be forced to filter pirated content

ISPs shouldn't be made to monitor their traffic in order to spot IP infringements, the EU has ruled.

28 Nov 2011

An EU court has ruled that ISPs can't be forced to monitor network traffic to look for copyright infringement.

The ruling regards a Belgian case, where rights holder SABAM won a local court order forcing ISP Scarlet to block pirates from downloading its content. Scarlet argued that would require network-level monitoring of all its customers, which it said was against EU law.

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