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Slovakia: Webhosting provider ordered to stop publishing certain infornation on the hosted website
On 19 of May 2011, District Court Bratislava II. („Okresný súd Bratislava II.“) issued preliminary injunction against well-known Slovak NGO Aliancia Fair-Play and its hosting provider Websupport, ordering them both to stop publishing certain information concerning Plaintif on the website www.znasichdani.sk (meaning „from our taxes“). Subjected website is a third sector project run by
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France: Dailymotion & Fuzz – Covered by Hosting Safe Harbour
Very exciting news coming via EDRi gram. On 17 February 2011 the French Court of Cassation recognized the hosting status of Dailymotion and Fuzz.fr. The court also confirmed, in relation to the Amen website case, that the judges had to verify that the content withdrawal requests observed the requirements of LCEN (loi pour la confiance
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Posted in Court of Justice, e-commerce, EU, injunctions, ISP, safe harbours

Scarlet Extended (Scarlet v. Sabam) – the first Hearing Report
Scarlet Extended C-70/10 dealing with the scope of injunctions against the intermediary (filtering methods) is one of the highlights of this year. Thanks to LINX you can now read a report from the very first hearing of this case held before Court of Justice on the 13th of January. Some interesting hints: Chamber – Unknown,
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