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

“The Austrian Supreme Court held that YouTube – as a host service provider – was not responsible for copyright infringements by its users as long as it was not put on notice of the infringements (17. 9. 2021, 4 Ob 132/21x). For monetizing uploaded videos, the uploading user has to confirm that they have read the copyright provisions and have the copyright or usage rights to the videos …” (more)

[Rainer Schultes and Alexander Schnider, Kluwer Copyright Blog, 31 May]

First posted 2022-06-01 16:00:29

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