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“Google/Monitoring Obligation”

Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on Certain Legal Aspects of Information Society Services, in Particular Electronic Commerce, in the Internal Market, Sec. 15; Intellectual Property Code, Secs. L.335-4, L.336-2; French Act of 21 June 2004 for Confidence in the Digital Economy, Secs. 6.I.2, 6.I.5, 6.I.7 – Google France & Inc. v. Bac Films and Google France & Inc. v. André Rau

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According to European and national law prohibiting a general monitoring obligation for Internet service providers, a hosting service shall not be held liable for not putting in place blocking measures to prevent infringing content from reappearing online where these measures would be disproportionate to the aim pursued.

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  1. For further and comparative analysis, see Hoeren and Yankova (2012), Leistner (2011), Matulionyté and Nérisson (2011); Paris Court of Appeal, 19 November 2010, Google v. SFL, 42 IIC 742 (2011) (summarised by T. Bednarz).

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Decision of the Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) (First Chamber for Civil Matters) 12 July 2012 – (Bac Films, two decisions) Cases Nos. 11-13666 and 11-13669; (André Rau) Case No. 11-15165

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Decision of the Supreme Court (Cour de cassation) (First Chamber for Civil Matters) 12 July 2012 – (Bac Films, two decisions) Cases Nos. 11-13666 and 11-13669; (André Rau) Case No. 11-15165. “Google/Monitoring Obligation”. IIC 44, 383–384 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-013-0039-0

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