IPR2 has published a survey of the leading cases for online liability for copyright infringement in Europe. It follows the Seminar on the Judicial Protection of Copyrights on the Internet, held in co-operation with the Supreme People's Court (SPC), by way of informing the Chinese judiciary of existing European mechanisms and practices for protecting copyrights on-line, enhancing understanding of European and international practices of IPR protection, including handling evidence, procedures and remedies for actions to enforce online copyright to help increase the capacity for adjudicating and handling such cases. Download Online Copyright Liability: Leading European Cases1.32 MB.

The publication gives an overview of a number of cases demonstrating liability for:

--web site operators and other users
--hosting providers
--hosting user generated content
--access providers
--hyperlinking
--search engines
--disclosure of personal data
--Links to some of the complete cases may be found here:
--Liability of web site operators and other users
                                                                                         　　　Source:www.ipr2.org