European court rules hyperlinking can infringe copyright

In a ruling which could have widespread implications for internet users the European Union Court of Justice has decreed that hyperlinking can infringe on copyright.
The decision vindicates action by Sanoma Media, the Dutch publisher of Playboy which complained that its photos had been uploaded to a file sharing site without its permission and subsequently publicised by the website GreenStijl which posted links to the material in question as well as a crop of one photo.
The October 2011 incident