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Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’

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Under German law, there are no special rules governing liability in cases of intellectual property rights infringements. Stoererhaftung’ merely provides for a cease and desist and removal obligation where a reasonable duty was breached. The resulting conclusion in the BGH case law (e.g., That has now changed.

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Austrian Supreme Court finds YouTube not responsible for copyright infringements by users

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Following the ECJ ruling, the Austrian Supreme Court denied a communication to the public in the sense of Art 3 para 1 EC Directive 2001/29 (respectively § 18a Austrian Copyright Act). More from our authors: Practical Guide to Successful Intellectual Property Valuation and Transactions. by Alexander Puutio. € by Edward J.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

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Section 95a UrhG stipulates that technical measures employed for the protection of a copyrighted work or protected subject matter may not be circumvented without the authorisation of the rightholder, Section 95a UrhG being the transposition into German law of Article 6 of the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29). by Christopher Heath. €