Jusletter IT

BGH – The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Supreme Court which is also competent for IP issues has decided that the operator of a WIFI web access and a Tore-Exit-Node, though not liable as «Strörer» by omission under the new § 8 sec. 1 sentence 2 of the Telemediengesetz (TMG) applicable since October 13, 2017 for IP-violations committed by a third party by using his web access for filesharing, still can be subject of a blocking claim by the right’s holder following § 7 sec. 4 TMG. (Judgment I ZR 64/17) (as)