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UK and EU ISPs Warn of “regressive” New Internet Copyright Laws

The European Internet Services Providers Association, which represents ISPs from across the UK and EU, has warned that the European Commission’s new Digital Single Market proposals include “regressive” measures that could make ISPs more responsible for the activity of their users.

At present the EU’s Safe Harbour provisions exist to remove Internet access and content providers, in certain circumstances, from liability for the illegal activity of their customers. This is necessary because it’s often unrealistic to expect that a commercial ISP can completely control what their users say, do or post online, particularly as access providers can only control content on their own servers and not the wider Internet.