ISPs may have to block music-sharing sites: Germany's highest court

ISPs may have to block music-sharing sites: Germany's highest court

The logo of O2 Deutschland. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

Germany’s highest court said Internet service providers could be made responsible for blocking websites offering illegal music downloads, but only if copyright holders showed they had first made reasonable attempts to thwart such piracy by other means.

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