'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling
Providers are not liable for users bypassing restrictions Hopefully this draws a simple line in the sand for the UK government, and yet, who really knows what's going through their head at any one time! Original link:www.techradar.com/[…]/vpns-are-lawful-technical-tools-says-eu-court-in-landmark-anne-frank-copyright-ruling Discover more linksSaved 23-Jul 2026 under #copyright & #eu-law & #privacy & #technology & #vpn & #webdev.
- ▪Providers are not liable for users bypassing restrictions Hopefully this draws a simple line in the sand for the UK government, and yet, who really knows what's going through their head at any one time!
- ▪Original link:www.techradar.com/[…]/vpns-are-lawful-technical-tools-says-eu-court-in-landmark-anne-frank-copyright-ruling Discover more linksSaved 23-Jul 2026 under #copyright & #eu-law & #privacy & #technology & #vpn & #webdev.
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Bookmark: 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling I've been following the stories around the "child protection" because on one hand it does afford children some protection, but it also hammers down on the privacy of everyone - i.e. adults who give up their privacy to prove they're not a child. VPNs in particular have been tossed around as something that the UK government would like to ban (citation needed/lacking!), which is why this article is particularly interesting: The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that publishers and VPN providers aren't liable for copyright infringement Geo-blocking is the copyright holder's problem, not the VPN's.
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