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Germany: Lawsuit regarding online platform liability over copyright protected content uploaded by users

Progress

Current status
in force
02 Jun 2022 in force
22 Jun 2021 in force
13 Sep 2018 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
Germany
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
supreme court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

02 Jun 2022
in force

Federal Court of Justice issues ruling in case on copyright liability of platforms

On 2 June 2022, the German Federal Court of Justice issued a ruling in a case on the copyright liability of platforms between a music producer and the operators of Youtube concerning the repeated uploading of copyrighted materials by Youtube users. …

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
22 Jun 2021
in force

ECJ rules on platform liability for copyright-infringing user uploads

On 22 June 2021, the European Court of Justice issued a Joint Ruling of the cases C-682/18 (Youtube) and C-683/18 (Cyando), denying a direct platform liability for user uploads that infringe copyright. The ruling clarifies whether the scope of Art…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body supreme court
13 Sep 2018
under investigation

German Federal Court of Justice requests CJEU interpretation on copyright liability of platforms

On 13 September 2018, the German Federal Court of Justice requested a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case on the copyright liability of online platforms for content infringing copyrights uploaded by us…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court