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Posted in Art. 11 EnforD, Art. 8(1) EnforD, blocking, CJEU

[New Paper] Website Blocking, Injunctions and Beyond: View on the Harmonization from the Netherlands
I have recently uploaded on SSRN a new draft of a paper about harmonization and blocking (forthcoming in GRUR Int) that I co-authored with my student, Lisa van Dongen. It is an extension of the talk that I gave in Berlin last year during the JIPLP/GRUR event. I hope you will find it useful. As
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Posted in Art. 11 EnforD, Art. 8(3) InfoSoc, blocking, civil procedural law, CJEU, copyright, injunctions, website blocking

Austrian Supreme Court Confirms Open-Ended Website Blocking Injunctions [UPC Telekabel Wien]
Last Thursday, the Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) issued the decision (OGH, 4 Ob 71/14s) in the proceedings that gave rise to the UPC Telekabel C-314/12 reference before the Court of Justice of the European Union. OGH confirmed the lower court decision, which granted an open-ended website blocking injunction against the biggest Austrian ISP. Although the
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Posted in blocking, censorship, child pornography, EU

New Directive: Measures Against Websites Disseminating Child Pornography
Huťko just bumped to the new Directive 2011/92/EU of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. I recall the debate about this paragraph in the European parliament, but then I forgot to follow the discussion to the end. It looks like Member States shall bring into
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