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21 October 2022CopyrightSarah Speight and Muireann Bolger

Streaming providers don’t infringe when users apply VPNs, CJEU urged

Advocate general says streaming platforms should not liable if content was accessed via a virtual private network | Deliberately ineffective geoblocking systems would negate this principle, he advised.

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