Audiencia Provincial [Court of Appeals] of Madrid, Section N. 2, Criminal, sharemula.com, 582/08

Document type
Court Decision
Country
dismissing a criminal claim against the owner of a website that provides links to copyright infringing content; the court held that linking to content hosted somewhere else does not amount to a communication to the public of the content linked to, which is one of the elements necessary for the crime; in any event the accused party would be protected from criminal liability by the linking safe harbor.
Country
Year
2008
Topic, claim, or defense
Copyright
Document type
Court Decision
Issuing entity
Appellate Domestic Court
Type of service provider
Host (Including Social Networks)
P2P
Type of law
Civil
General effect on immunity
Strengthens Immunity