GeenStijl must remove all links to a leaked Playboy photo shoot of Dutch reality TV personality Britt Dekker, the court ruled. GeenStijl infringed on the copyright of local Playboy publisher Sanoma by linking to the photo shoot, which was posted on filesharing site FileFactory.com and later on ImageShack.

While linking to content in itself does not infringe on copyrights per se, the court said that a combination of factors was crucial in this case. The broader public was not aware of the existence of the leaked photos before GeenStijl published the link, the court said. The public wouldn't have had access to the photos without GeenStijl's intervention, according to .

And because GeenStijl is an ad-supported website, it wanted to profit from the publication of the photo shoot by attracting more visitors, the court said. This combination of factors makes the link infringing, it said.

GeenStijl was ordered to remove the links to the photos, and if it fails to do so, it will be penalized ¬50,000 (US$65,000) a day with a maximum of ¬1 million, the court ruled. The blog was also ordered to pay Sanoma's court costs of approximately ¬28,000, as well as damages, which have not yet been determined.

"This decision is terrifying for every journalist and everyone who runs a website," commented GeenStijl . Publishing a link to a photo is different from publishing a photo, even if that makes the photo easier to find, it added. GeenStijl said it the decision.