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Efficient copyright filters for online hosting platforms

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  • Alessandro De Chiara

    (Universitat de Barcelona and BEAT)

  • Ester Manna

    (Universitat de Barcelona and BEAT)

  • Antoni Rubí-Puig

    (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

  • Adrian Segura-Moreiras

    (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Abstract

In this paper, we build a theoretical model in which an online hosting platform can develop a copyright filter to screen content that contributors wish to upload. The technology is imprecise, since non-infringing material may be incorrectly filtered out. Once the content is hosted on the platform, a right-holder may send a take-down notice if its own automated notice system, also imprecise, finds it to be copyright infringing. We investigate the efficient design of regulation and liability and we find that (i) the right-holder should be given incentives to evaluate fair use when submitting a notice and (ii) the current safe-harbor protection granted to platforms that promptly remove content following a take-down notice should be lifted. Such dual system would achieve efficient copyright enforcement without excluding fair-use material.

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  • Alessandro De Chiara & Ester Manna & Antoni Rubí-Puig & Adrian Segura-Moreiras, 2022. "Efficient copyright filters for online hosting platforms," UB School of Economics Working Papers 2022/433, University of Barcelona School of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Copyright filters; liability rules; online hosting platforms; notice and take-down system.;
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    JEL classification:

    • K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation

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