Jusletter IT

OLG Hamburg – The 5th civil court of appeal of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court has made two decisions on 1st July 2015 in procedures regarding copyright law, in which the operator of the video portal «YouTube» and – in one of the decisions – also its parent company, Google Inc., were made liable for the accusation of copyright violation. Various music tracks, uploaded by YouTube users in line with video clips and therefor made publicly available, though the users did not hold the rights to the tracks, are the subject of the procedures. (Judgements 5 U 87/12 and 5 U 175/10) (ah)