ISP monitoring for copyright infringement has serious privacy implications. That's according to European Court of Justice Advocate-General Pedro Cruz Villalón, who said courts of individual member nations cannot order ISPs to filter copyrighted material. The comments came in opposition to the verdict in a Belgian case that dates back to 2007, paidContent reports, and could have implications for the UK as well. Villalón said the "installation of that filtering and blocking system is a restriction on the right to respect for the privacy of communications and the right to protection of personal data, both of which are rights protected under the Charter of Fundamental Rights."
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