Germany | YouTube vs GEMA ruling

On 20 April 2012,  a court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube is liable for the content that users upload on the video sharing site, while YouTube declared itself acting as a pure hosting platform that has no control over the content upload by their users . The court pronounced that YouTube is a host provider and has to take extensive measures to protect the right owners’ repertoire, by not taking these measures YouTube was hold liable for copyright infringements committed by its users.

GEMA lawyer, Kerstin Bäcker presents this important decision during a BIEM Webconference on 11 May 2012

Click here to access the recording of the webinar