UK Ruling - Internet Jurisdiction Based On Server Location?

Recently, a court in the UK (Football Dataco Ltd et al. v. Sportradar GmbH) found that the location of a server determined the appropriate jurisdiction to regulate internet content. This is not entirely consistent with the Canadian approach.

Sportradar tried to argue that the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the claim that Football Dataco's copyright and database rights had been infringed by Sportradar's alleged reproduction of Football Dataco's live scores and statistics. The content from Sportradar was stored on webservers in Germany and Austria, but was made available to users in the UK by Sportradar's online betting sites. To determine what law should apply, the court focused on where the act of "making available" occurred. The court held that such an act occurs where the transmission takes place, and more specifically, where the server is located. Since Sportradar's servers were located outside of the UK, the court found that it could not