Document type
Court Decision
Country
An owner of a website advertising escort services in South Africa found out that the UK copyright-protected pictures from his website were placed on his competitor’s website. The latter party was found to have infringed the copyright in pictures, as it was held that his website was targeted at the UK audience. The factors leading to this finding included the website’s language (English), the traffic data (10% to 25% visitors came from UK) and the website’s structure (composed of national sub-domains, connected to each other). The works were found to be communicated to the UK public.
Country
Year
2014
Topic, claim, or defense
Copyright
Jurisdiction
Document type
Court Decision
Issuing entity
Lowest Domestic Court
Type of service provider
Host (Including Social Networks)
Type of law
Civil
General effect on immunity
Mixed/Neutral/Unclear
General intermediary liability model
No Safe Harbor or Immunity