Search Engine Liability for Copyright Infringement
(2007) Search Engine Liability for Copyright Infringement .
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Abstract
The chapter provides a broad overview to the topic of search engine liability for copyright infringement. In doing so, the chapter examines some of the key copyright law principles and their application to search engines. The chapter also provides an import discussion of some of the most important cases to be decided within the courts of the United States, Australia, China and Europe regarding the liability of search engines for copyright infringement. Finally, the chapter will conclude with some thoughts for reform, including how copyright law can be amended in order to accommodate and realise the great informative power which search engines have to offer society.
| Item Type: | Preprint |
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| Keywords: | google; search engine liability; copyright law; copyright infringement; secondary liability; indirect inringement; safe harbor; safe harbour; authorisation |
| Subjects: | 390000 Law, Justice and Law Enforcement > 390100 Law > 390114 Intellectual Property |
| ID Code: | 7883 |
| Deposited By: | O'Brien, Damien |
| Deposited On: | 29 May 2007 |
| Copyright Owner: | Brian Fitzgerald, Damien O'Brien, Anne Fitzgerald. |
| Additional Information: | For more information, please contact the author: bf.fitzgerald@qut.edu.au |