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9 July 2026NewsCopyrightMuireann Bolger

Anne Frank case: CJEU’s geo-blocking ruling clarifies liability for publishers

A landmark ruling in a case concerning the writings of one of history’s best-known diarists confirms that state-of-the-art geo-blocking is sufficient to protect territorial copyright online.

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