?SNEP?s requests are general, and pertain not to a specific site but to all websites accessible through the stated methods, without consideration for identifying or even determining the site?s content, on the premise that the term ?Torrent? is necessarily associated with infringing content,? the Court writes in its order. The court wasn’t buying it, noting correctly that not all torrents are infringing, and such a rule would be way too broad: The organization argued that since the law allowed “all appropriate measures” to be used to block infringement, it could demand that search engines block any searches that include the word torrent.

Wed, Jul 20th 2016 11:56am - Mike MasnickĬopyright rulings in France have occasionally been a complete disaster in the past, so it’s nice to see the High Court of Paris recognize that Google and Microsoft cannot be forced to block any searches that include the word “torrent.” The two separate lawsuits were brought by SNEP, which could be seen as the French version of the RIAA.

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