ECHR

Posted in ECHR, freedom of expression, hyperlinking, intermediaries, Liability of ISPs, secondary liability

ECtHR To Hear A Case About Liability For Hyperlinking [+ Intervention]
Internet case-law of the ECtHR will soon be enriched. Magyar Jeti Zrt v Hungary is a new important pending case. It concerns liability for hyperlinks in the domestic defamation law and its compatibility with freedom of expression. The applicant is in the case is an operator of the Hungarian news portal 444.hu which is used by approximately
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Posted in actio negatoria, CZ, domain names, ECHR

Czech Constitutional Court: Domain Name Protected as a Property
The Czech Constitutional Court this month handed its anticipated decision in globtour.cz case (III. ÚS 2912/12). The Court heard a constitutional complaint by one of the plaintiffs who complained that his right to fair trial, right to property and right to legal certainty were infringed when the Czech Supreme Court rejected the domain name transfer
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Posted in Art. 14 EcomD, Art. 15 EcomD, defamation, ECHR, human rights, Liability of ISPs, secondary liability

ECHR on Liability of ISPs as a Restriction of Freedom of Speech
European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg handed down its first “ISP liability” case – Delfi AS v. Estonia (App. No. 64569/09). The case concerns a question of liability of an Internet news portal for third party comments made on its website under one of the news items. First some background: 7.  The applicant company
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