Germany: Liability of hosting providers under copyright law if they have breached a duty of care – The German BGH ends mere ‘Stoererhaftung’
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JANUARY 31, 2023
Stoererhaftung’ merely provides for a cease and desist and removal obligation where a reasonable duty was breached. The plaintiff in “ uploaded II ” was a scientific publisher that held exclusive rights of making available to the public in medical books. The resulting conclusion in the BGH case law (e.g.,
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