Cour de Cassation, Telecom Italia (formerly Tiscali Media) v. Companies Dargaud Lombard and Lucky Comics

holding Tiscali liable under a regime of regular liability for hosting on its portal a blog featuring unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted comics owned by Dargaud because its function was that of a co-publisher, “particularly when allowing its users to create their personal web pages through its website and encouraging third parties to place advertisement directly on user’s page in order to generate additional revenue”.