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In October 2007, a Paris court ordered Google to pay ?35,000 in damages for the copyright infringement of the documentary ? Tranquility Bay ?, multiple unauthorized copies of which had been posted on the video-sharing website Google Video. The court ruled that the hosting provider was liable for copyright infringement despite having disabled access to the copies within days after having been notified to do so by the rightholders. The court said that Google had been, from the moment of the first notification, under an obligation to implement the technical means to prevent the reappearance of the documentary. The court, observing that Google had not prevented the multiple postings of the documentary, ruled it had failed with its obligations and was therefore liable for copyright infringement. This is a controversial decision as it substantially extends the duties of hosting providers in dealing with infringing content.

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