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Dutch court seeks EU top court's answers on VPNs circumventing geoblocking on copyrighted works

( November 8, 2024, 14:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: The Dutch Supreme Court has stayed a suit filed by the Anne Frank Foundation in 2022 and referred questions to the European Union’s Court of Justice. The Dutch court asks whether the possibility of circumventing geoblocking by using a VPN means there is communication to the public in the Netherlands as defined by the EU’s Copyright Directive. Despite the publisher implementing geolocation tools to restrict access to works from the Anne Frank diary, the material reportedly became accessible without authorization through VPN services.See court document attached....

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