'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling

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I've been following the stories around the "child protection" because on one hand it does afford children some protection, but it also hammers down on the privacy of everyone - i.e. adults who give up their privacy to prove they're not a child.

VPNs in particular have been tossed around as something that the UK government would like to ban (citation needed/lacking!), which is why this article is particularly interesting:

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that publishers and VPN providers aren't liable for copyright infringement

Geo-blocking is the copyright holder's problem, not the VPN's. Providers are not liable for users bypassing restrictions

Hopefully this draws a simple line in the sand for the UK government, and yet, who really knows what's going through their head at any one time!

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