Internet publishing occurs where it is served from as well as where it is read, EU legal advisor says
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 26/06/2012 14:39
Online publishing of information takes place both where the information is served from and where it is read, an advisor to Europe's highest court has said.
Advocate General Yves Bot said the internet was a complex communications network and that the High Court in the UK had been wrong to determine that organisations are responsible for 'making available' internet-hosted material in the country where its host server is based and not in the country where the material is read or used.
www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/june/internet-publishing-occurs-where-it-is-served-from-as-well-as-where-it-is-read-eu-legal-advisor-says/
