Volume: 10 Issue: 5
( 2010)
Keywords:
german youtube case
higher regional court
hamburg
youtube
liable
damages
infringing musical content
Authors:
sebastian cording
tarek ben brauer
alexander beck
Organisations:
cms hasche sigle
Jurisdictions:
germany
'German YouTube case'. Landgericht Hamburg 308 O 27/09
The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg ruled that YouTube was liable for damages as it had adopted 'as its own' infringing musical content posted by some of its users on the online platform.