The Milan Court of Appeal has ruled that a media hosting provider is not liable for copyright infringing content uploaded by users, regardless of whether the content is organized and index linked. The court held that the provider is obliged to remove infringing content only upon receiving a request that precisely identifies such content.
The appeal court’s decision in this case between Yahoo! Italia and Reti Televisive Italiane SpA (“RTI”) overturns the ruling by the District Court of Milan, which had held Yahoo! Italia liable for the uploading of copyright infringing video excerpts of TV programs onto its portal.
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