The Greek court has rejected the application for interim measures submitted by AEPI (Greek Society for the Protection of Intellectual Property), requiring providers to block access to torrent files.
According to the court decision as it publishes it void.gr, the court ruled that AEPI's request violates the principle of proportionality, i.e. it is an excessive measure. In addition, the measures requested by AEPI would suppress "not only illegal but also legal acts", since torrent technology allows the exchange not only pirated movies and musicς αλλά και νόμιμων αρχείων.Τα αιτούμενα μέτρα κρίθηκε έτσι ότι παραβιάζουν την ελευθερία της πληροφόρησης, το δικαίωμα συμμετοχής στην κοινωνία της πληροφορίας και το απόρρητο της επικοινωνίας.Ακόμα, το δικαστήριο σημειώνει ότι τα αιτούμενα μέτρα δεν πληρούν το «κριτήριο της καταλληλότητας» επειδή απλούστατα δεν θα ήταν αποτελεσματικά: οι υπηρεσίες torrent sites that were on the "black list" of AEPI, like the popular one Pirate bay, now operate on different Internet addresses (IP) and would remain accessible to users.
AEPI's request was also found to violate the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. In particular, it violates the right of providers to entrepreneurship, as well as the information must be handled without discrimination.
The court, lastly, commented that infringed copyright "is less and less relevant to the creators themselves and more to the interests of the companies of the cultural industry themselves"
