Onder 2.3.8 Parket bij de Hoge Raad 29 mei 2015

Of course, even this muted approach leaves intermediaries with the factual problem of rampant user disregard for copyright: one might wonder which measures are likely even to merely “seriously discourage” piracy, given that existing data suggest no type of blocking has noticeable effect on actual numbers. Indeed, in a recent Dutch case, the Court of Appeal of The Hague overturned an injunction ordering access providers ZIGGO and XS4ALL to block the well-known torrenting site The Pirate Bay, after studies confirmed no effect al all on the number of downloads from illegal sources. It is possible that the Court is simply insisting that a symbolic “do something” gesture must be made to establish that the intermediary is opposed to piracy, even if it cannot achieve real results. In that case, perhaps it would have been better if the Court openly acknowledged what is was doing and explicitly stated that what is necessary is that the intermediary signal its disapproval of the infringements committed using its network and attempt to distance itself from them.”

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