The effect of the European Court of Justice’s ruling in McFadden v Sony appears to be that providers of free wifi will need to password protect their services and require users to identify themselves if they wish to avoid liability (C-484/14). See our IP PSC Rachel Montagnon's commentary on this decision in PLC Magazine's October 2016 issue here.
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