The high court of Paris has ruled that Google and Microsoft do not have to censor their search engines to remove all results involving the world “torrent” used in conjunction with the names of three French musicians.
The French music producers’ association “Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique” (SNEP) had sought a court order to force the US companies to remove results for searches pairing the word “torrent” with the artists’ names, which they claimed directed users to pirate sites.
