Građanskopravna odgovornost internet posrednika za povredu autorskog prava – uporednopravni aspekt
Sanja Radovanović · 2015
The development of digital technology, by the end of last and at the beginning of this century, accelerated the flow of information, mainly due to a global computer network – the Internet. In cultural terms, this trend has contributed to the spread of ideas, education, information and many other facet of life of modern man, since the contents through the Internet, have become globally available. From the standpoint of copyright, which this paper devotes special attention to, the market of copyright works leaves the material world and enters a world of users, interconnected through the computer network. In such an environment, the need to protect the interests of authors leads to the extension of its exclusive license and to the exploitation of works via the Internet. However, with the emergence of new forms of communication, based on a model in which users create and share content with each other, there is a need to review the position of the subjects participating in the exchange of information on the Internet. This mostly relates to the question of liability for copyright infringement for unauthorized use of a protected work, the so-called Internet piracy. The user, who thus constituted a violation of rights, is directly responsible for the violation of copyright. However, its role in interactive communication relies on the services of operators that allow the exchange of information on a global computer network – Internet intermediaries. This fact has been recognized in numerous national and international acts, which regulate the issue of internet services and, under certain conditions, these undertakings are considered responsible for internet copyright infringement. This paper aims to present the requirements and responsibilities of internet intermediaries to point to the need to review.