This book employs a comparative approach to comprehensively discuss hosting ISPs’ responsibilities for copyright infringement in the US, EU and China. In particular, it details how the current responsibility rules should be interpreted or revised so as to provide hosting ISPs maximum freedom to operate in these jurisdictions.
In addition to examining relevant state regulations, the book assesses self-regulation norms agreed upon between copyright owners and hosting ISPs, and concludes that self-regulation is better suited to preserving hosting ISPs’ freedom to operate. The results of this study will be interesting for a broad readership, including academics and practitioners whose work involves hosting ISPs’ copyright responsibilities.
Employs a comparative approach to comprehensively explore hosting ISPs’ responsibilities for online copyright infringement in the US, EU and China Discusses the identity disclosure mechanism in the context of online copyright enforcement in China Doesn’t stop at examining traditional legal norms, and also explores the self-regulation agreements reached between copyright owners and hosting ISPs Examines self-regulation norms by comparing them with traditional legal norms, weighs the advantages and disadvantages of self-regulation, and finally suggests how hosting ISPs can better preserve their freedom to operate under the framework of self-regulation
Jie Wang
Passive hosting ISPs Active hosting ISPs Copyright infringement Freedom to operate Comparison between US, EU and China Identity disclosure Secondary Liability Notice-and-takedown procedure Self-regulation of online copyright enforcement