The highest court of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the administrators of the largest torrent tracker The Pirate Bay violated the copyright law when they allow you to post on your site links to pirated content. "Providing and managing an online platform for the exchange of works protected by copyright may constitute copyright infringement," the court's decision says..

The decision of the Luxembourg court can become a precedent in the music and film industry in the fight against piracy. It was the result of proceedings initiated by the Dutch association Stichting Brein, which has been pursuing The Pirate Bay since 2009. This group sued two local Internet service providers with a request to block access to the "Pirate Bay". The Dutch court appealed to the EU's main court with a request for clarification: does Pirate Bay violate EU copyright laws? The High Court ruled that it violated the. And even knows that his users are laying out illegal content.

Now all Internet providers in Europe may be required to close access to the torrent tracker, writes Bloomberg.