Invitation to the IMKR Lecture on eBay, Facebook, Google, and Others

At the invitation of the Institute for Media and Communications Law (IMKR), Dr. Urs Verweyen will give a lecture on “Liability of eBay, Facebook, Google, and Others for Copyright Infringements on the Internet” on February 8, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. in Room US-A 120. All interested students and staff of the University of Siegen are cordially invited to attend.

The liability of intermediaries for infringements committed by third parties has occupied the courts since the early days of the internet. Is eBay responsible when a seller offers a counterfeit Rolex watch on its marketplace? Does Google have to review all videos uploaded to YouTube by third parties and, where necessary, delete or block them? Is anyone who operates a website, privately or commercially, liable for linked or embedded content?

The lecture will examine the foundations and the state of liability for third-party content, focusing in particular on the much-debated question of liability for links and framing.

Dr. Urs Verweyen is an attorney and founding partner of KVLEGAL, a Berlin law firm specializing in copyright and industrial property rights.

Following the lecture, the IMKR invites guests to a reception.

Update: A report on the event can be found in the news item from February 8, 2017.