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"Anne Frank" Copyright Dispute Triggers VPN and Geoblocking Questions at EU's Highest Court


The Dutch Supreme Court seeks EU guidance on geo-blocking and VPNs in a case involving the online publication of Anne Frank's manuscripts.

The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the best known literary works in history, written by a young girl hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam during World War II. The Anne Frank Fonds doesn’t dispute this, but argued in court that people can circumvent these restrictions with a VPN, suggesting that the manuscripts shouldn’t be published online at all. Finally, if the EU Court concludes that blocking measures are not sufficient because they can be bypassed with a VPN, does this automatically mean that the publisher is violating copyright law?

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