Under current EU law, operators of online platforms such as YouTube and Uploaded are not directly liable for the illegal uploading of copyrighted works by users of those platforms, said Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in his Opinion delivered on Thursday 16 July (Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18).
Both cases concern the unauthorised posting of protected works by users on YouTube and Uploaded platforms.
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