The 28th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference at Emily C. & John E. Hansen Intellectual Property Institutes will be held online April 8-9, 2021. Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt, LL.M. (Lausen Rechtsanwälte) will give a presentation on „The Liability of Online Content Sharing Service Providers in EU Jurisdiction and Legislation –The YouTube/Uploaded Case and Article …
2021 will bring significant change for rightholders and online platforms alike. New regulation is on the horizon, especially for the so-called online content sharing service providers (so called ‘OCSSPs’), i.e. online platforms providing access to content that has been uploaded by the services’ users, such as YouTube, Reddit, TikTok, Scribd, ResearchGate, etc. A history of …
Today, many internet services rely on material freely provided by their users as the main source of content offered on their services. In many cases, these platforms have become a primary location where that content is consumed, and they directly compete with ‘established’ content providers such as Spotify, Netflix and others. A major difference between the …
After outgoing President Donald Trump has been banned from numerous social networks, especially his favorite megaphone Twitter, many are wondering if the same could happen to them. German Chancellor Angela Merkel finds the permanent blocking problematic. The far right cries out that private companies would now be allowed to abolish free speech. But how justified …
Shortly after her inauguration, the new European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, expressed the intent of the new commission to come up with a Digital Strategy addressing Artificial Intelligence regulation within 100 days from beginning of her presidency. Keeping this promise, the European Commission published a first White Paper on Artificial Intelligence – A …