‘YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness”’

“At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (‘Report’) was published. It is interesting to look at this Report against the background of the 2019 EU rules for the liability of platforms like YouTube through the famous Art 17 DSM Directive 2019/790 (‘DSMD’). But first let’s take a look at Mars (the planet). In 2012, US NASA’s robotic rover touched down on Mars. NASA uploaded a video of this historic event onto YouTube. It was taken down after one hour, as it was subject to a copyright notice by a news channel relying on the US DMCA …” (more)

[Jan Bernd Nordemann, Kluwer Copyright Blog, 20 January]

First posted 2022-01-22 18:00:10

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