European court rules

social networking sites do not require filtering system of royalties to copyright music box is imported by the company

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social networks Facebook and Twitter as may be required to install a filtering system anti-piracy, the European Court of Justice ruled.

decision of Europe's highest court of the box Brought You Made some music royalties by Sabam Belgian company against the site Netlog.

Sabam wanted the court to declare that Netlog and other social networks should actively monitor the music and video posted by users to ensure that it does not violate copyright.

However, the ECJ ruled that the obligation to install social network filtering software anti-piracy would be contrary to the existing e-commerce directive.

The decision was hailed by the online advocacy groups, who warned that the free use of the Internet is under threat of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement controversial (Acta).

The ECJ held that year anti-piracy filter would need to carry out social networks "active observation" of the information shared by users.

"accordingly, this would translate into an injunction years has serious violation of freedom of a provider of hosting services for business since it would take ICT Driving hosting provider to install service a complex, costly, ongoing computer system at its own expense, "said the Court in the Judgment.

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