COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHS ON E-COMMERCE PLATFORMS: INTERMEDIARIES' LIABILITY IN THE NEW DAWN OF TIME
Main Article Content
Abstract
The article explores the complex and rapidly evolving landscape of copyright law in the context of e-commerce platforms and the growing concern of copyright infringement on these platforms, specifically with regards to photographs. This article examines the role of intermediaries, such as e-commerce platforms, in the context of copyright infringement and analyzes their potential liability for copyright violations committed by their users. The article also considers the implications of recent legal developments, such as the implementation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the European Union's Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. It evaluates the impact of these regulations on intermediaries' liability and their obligations to address copyright infringement. Drawing on extensive research and analysis, this article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of intermediaries' liability in the copyright infringement of photographs on e-commerce platforms, offering insights into the legal complexities and potential solutions to safeguard the rights and interests of copyright holders in the ever-evolving digital landscape.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Quintais, J. P. (2020). The new copyright in the digital single market directive: A critical look. European Intellectual Property Review.
Hubanov, O., Hubanova, T., Kotliarevska, H., Vikhliaiev, M., Donenko, V., & Lepekh, Y. (2023). International legal regulation of copyright and related rights protection in the digital environment.
Synodinou, T. E. (2018). Internet intermediaries’ liability for online copyright infringement: European copyright law acquis and perspectives. In Intellectual Property Perspectives on the Regulation of New Technologies, 208-236.
Turban, E., Outland, J., King, D., Lee, J. K., Liang, T. P., Turban, D. C., ... & Turban, D. C. (2018). E-Commerce: Regulatory, ethical, and social environments. Electronic Commerce 2018: A Managerial and Social Networks Perspective, 573-612.
Bosher, H. (2020). Key issues around copyright and social media: ownership, infringement and liability. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 15(2), 123-133.
Kohler, D. (2011). Question of Intent: Why Inducement Liability should Preclude Protection under the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Sw. L. REv., 41, 487.
Pepeljugoska, A., & Jankoska, A. (2022). Copyright Protection of Photographs Published on Social Media through the Court Practice in North Macedonia. Balkan Soc. Sci. Rev., 19, 7.
Menard, G. (2016). Copyright, digital sharing, and the liberal order: sociolegal constructions of intellectual property in the era of mass digitization. Information, Communication & Society, 19(8), 1061-1076.
Iosifidis, P., & Andrews, L. (2020). Regulating the internet intermediaries in a post-truth world: Beyond media policy?. International Communication Gazette, 82(3), 211-230.
Koelman, K. J. (2000). Online Intermediary Liability. Copyright and Electronic Commerce (Ed. by P. Bernt Hugenholtz), NXB Kluwer Law International, London, UK, 7-57.
Hong, X. (2015). Regulation of E-Commerce Intermediaries: An International Perspective. Trade Development through Harmonization of Commercial Law”, Victoria University of Wellington, Hors Serie, 19.
Karameri, K. (2014). Copyright Protection for Photographs: Fair Use and New Technologies Challenge (Doctoral dissertation, Master Thesis, International Hellenic University, 2014) Kawabata, B Makoa,‘Unresolved Textual Tension: Capitol Records v. ReDigi and a Digital First Sale Doctrine).
Feng, S., Wan, Y., & Fang, F. (2019). Notice and Take Down: How the Shift from Copyright Law to Chinese E-Commerce Law Poses an Unnecessary Disturbance to E-Commerce. IIC-International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 50, 1082-1100.
Blevins, J. (2012). Uncertainty as enforcement mechanism: The new expansion of secondary copyright liability to Internet platforms. Cardozo L. Rev., 34, 1821.
Pokrovskaya, A. (2023). Intermediaries liability for copyright infringement: application of the “safe harbor” model. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 420, p. 06046). EDP Sciences.
Guibault, L., Westkamp, G., & Rieber-Mohn, T. (2019). Standardizing notice–and–takedown: AOA–reviewed experiment. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 14(2), 89-101.
Pagallo, U. (2013). Judicial regulation and liability for online copyright infringement in the light of the doctrine of illegal facilitation. Information & Communications Technology Law, 22(3), 203-230.
MacKinnon, R., Hickok, E., Bar, A., & Lim, H. I. (2015). Fostering freedom online: The role of internet intermediaries. UNESCO Publishing.
Njobvu, B., & Hamooya, C. (2010). Digital rights management and access to information in archives, libraries and museums. ESARBICA Journal, 29.
Geiger, C., & Jütte, B. J. (2021). Platform liability Under art. 17 of the copyright in the digital single market directive, automated filtering and fundamental rights: an impossible match. GRUR International, 70(6), 517-543.
Edwards, L., & Waelde, C. (2005). Online Intermediaries and Liability for Copyright Infringement. In WIPO Workshop Keynote Paper.
Meyer, L. (2013). Vicarious Liability for Copyright Infringement: Analyzing a Proposed Expansion for Internet Intermediaries. Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality, 3(1), 169-207.
Tschorn, A. L. (2016). The role of fair use and its impact on liability for online service providers. Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA, 63(2), 283-327.
Wang, J., & WANG. (2018). Regulating Hosting ISPs' Responsibilities for Copyright Infringement. Singapore: Springer.
Gillespie, T. (2017). Governance of and by platforms. SAGE handbook of social media, 254-278.