The EU’s highest court has ruled that VPNs are legal tools, and VPN companies cannot be blamed simply because users employ them to bypass geo-blocks.
The ruling stems from a copyright case involving Anne Frank’s writings.
A Belgian website published some of her manuscripts online but blocked visitors from the Netherlands, where parts of the work remain protected by copyright until 2037.
Anne Frank’s rights holders argued the site was still breaking the law because users could bypass the block with a VPN.
The court disagreed and ruled that a website using effective geo-blocking cannot be held responsible if some users circumvent it with a VPN.
The judges also affirmed that VPNs are legitimate privacy tools.
@StreetsofGage These ‘analyst’ posts are trying to deceive boycotters into believing their protest/boycott isn’t working because it is working. Sony is acting falsely unbothered by saying nothing whilst relying on third party gaming outlets to weaken boycotts with false‘analyst’ rhetoric 🥸🥸🥸
I feel like instead of the EU putting 450 million people under suspicion and scanning all their private messages..
they should investigate politicians and give people transparency on how billion-dollar corporations are negatively impacting our democracy.
As a reminder.
It is in an AI bros best interest to lie to you about their use of AI.
One by one they all realize this, and conveniently stop mentioning it.
2024 -> 2025