Internet Service Providers can be required to block access to a website which infringes copyright
In an opinion rendered on 26 November 2013, the Advocate General confirmed, in effect, a ruling rendered by the Belgian Court of Cassation on 22 October 2013. According to Advocate General Cruz Villalón, an internet service provider (ISP) can be required to block access to copyright-infringing websites (CJEU, C-314/12, UPC Telekabel Wien GmbH v Constantin Film Verleih GmbH und Wega Filmproduktionsgesellschaft GmbH).
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