The European Court of Justice (CJEU) published its long-awaited decision on the responsibility of internet platforms on 22 June 2021. The facts Subject matter of the proceedings was the video-sharing platform YouTube and the share-hosting platform Uploaded. The CJEU joined two reference proceedings of the German Federal Court of Justice for a joint decision: In …
On 22 June the European Court of Justice is going to deliver its highly anticipated decision in the YouTube/Uploaded case. The IPKat, Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt (IFIM), and British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA) have been organizing a panel discussion on the content and the consequences of such decision with speakers involved in …
On 22 June the European Court of Justice is going to deliver its highly anticipated decision in the YouTube/Uploaded case. The IPKat, Institutet för Immaterialrätt och Marknadsrätt (IFIM), and British Literary and Artistic Copyright Association (BLACA) have been organizing a panel discussion on the content and the consequences of such decision with speakers involved in …
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 …