DIRECTIVE CONCERNING "CERTAIN LEGAL ASPECTS OF INFORMATION SOCIETY SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, IN THE INTERNAL MARKET"

The Directive 2000/31/EC of 8 june 2000 on "certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the internal market", adopted on 8 June 2000, contains a section on the liability of information society service providers regarding illegal content circulating on the networks. This regulation is of vital importance for rightholders given the growing and alarming phenomenon of pirated works disseminated by the Internet. GESAC promptly expressed concern about the general principle of exemption of liability for operators provided for in the Directive.