Brussels Court of First Instance, Civil, SABAM v. Scarlet SA/NV (“The Tiscali/Scarlet case”), 04/8975A, June 29, 2007

Document type
Legal Opinion/Petition
Country
In its report filed January, 3 2007, the expert witness presented 11 solutions that can be applied to block or filter file sharing, including 7 applicable to Scarlet/Tiscali. On the basis of this report and the submissions of the parties, the Court ruled that technical solutions do exist to stop copyright infringements of music files via P2P file sharing. Accordingly, the Court ordered Scarlet to implement such measures to prevent future damage, within a period of time of six months and under a penalty of a fine of 2,500 euros per day of violation. Scarlet was also ordered to provide SABAM a description of the measures taken.
Country
Year
2007
Topic, claim, or defense
Copyright
Document type
Legal Opinion/Petition
Issuing entity
Other
Type of service provider
Internet Access Provider (Including Mobile)
P2P
OSP obligation considered
Block or Remove
Monitor or Filter
Type of law
Civil
General intermediary liability model
Other