2005.03.31. vatera.hu notice and takedown (ntd) protocol gergely székelyjanuary 12, 2009 ictrain...
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2005.03.31.
Vatera.huNotice and takedown (NTD) Protocol
Gergely SzékelyJanuary 12, 2009ICTrain 2009 eCommerce Day
2005.03.31.
Agenda:
1. Prologue
2. EU Legal Background
3. eCommerce Directive (liability issues)
4. The Hungarian NTD Protocol (liability issues, process)
5. Useful Hints, practical advice
6. Q&A
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Prologue
1. Safe Harbour Principle: a Provider receives protection from liability for infringement of copyright and/or wrongful takedown
2. Codes of Conduct
3. DMCA (US Digital Millennium Copyright Act)
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EU Legal Background
1. EU-Level: e-Commerce Directive, Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market
2. National legislative actions: harmonization obligation
3. Encourages the codes of conduct at EU-level
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eCommerce Directive – Sheet 1
1. Intermediary services
Transmission (mere conduit)and Access Services (Article 12)
Caching (Article 13) • automatic, • intermediate and • temporary storage of information
Hosting (Article 14)• Storage information at the request of a 3rd
party
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eCommerce Directive – Sheet 2
Mere conduit: No liability, if the Provider does NOT: Initiate transmission
Select receiver of transmission
Select / modify information
Hosting: No liability NO knowledge of illegal activity or information AND
NOT award on illegal activity (as regards claims for damage)
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eCommerce Directive – Sheet 3
Caching: No liability NOT to modify the information
complying with conditions on access to the information
updating the information
Lawful use of technology
Correct NTD process
NTD process: no standard rules, added to national legislation
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The Hungarian NTD Protocol– Liability Issues
Legal Background: Act No. CVIII of 2001 on certain aspects of electronic commerce and information society services (Act on E-Commerce)
Intermediary services: # Transmission services and access services
# Caching
# Hosting
# Search engine service (NEW)
Liability: same as the e-Commerce Directive
Rightsholder: require NTD process
NTD process: detailed protocol under the 13 § of the Act
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The Hungarian NTD Protocol– Process Table
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Delivery of the
Notice
Takedown
12 hour
s
Inform the
User
3 days 8
days User’s Counter Claim
RE-ACTIVATE !
immediatly
Inform the Rightsholder
Court Actio
ns
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The Hungarian NTD Protocol– Hints (Useful Practice)# Standardization (downloadable forms)
# Ask via e-mail too
# Do NOT judge
# Take care of the forms (writing, officially signed)
# Authorization
# Agreement on NTD process with rightholder
# Under reasonable circumstances
# Continuous co-operation
Gergely SzékelyJanuary 12, 2009ICTrain 2009 eCommerce Day
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Vatera.huTHANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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