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The article focuses on provision of segments of a media file previously downloaded by a user of a peer-to-peer network and containing a protected work are uploaded from the terminal of the user to the terminals of other users of network. It mentions enforcement of intellectual property rights is to be interpreted as meaning that a person who is the contractual owner of certain intellectual property rights does not use these rights himself.

A sample exam for law students is presented, which revolves around parental liability for the activities of minors on the Internet, specifically violation of music copyright through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.

The article reports on the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has affirmed the infringement of copyright as soon as individual file fragments are uploaded in the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. It mentions that the decision is triggered by a dispute between the rights holder Mircom International Content Management & Consulting Ltd. It also mentions data protection by the enforcement and storage of IP addresses.