Société des Auteurs des Arts visuels et de L’image Fixe (SAIF) v. Google France and Google Inc, Court of Appeals of Paris

Document type
Court Decision
Country
Holding Google eligible under the hosting safe harbor. The Court held that the mere awareness by the intermediary that its service may be used for infringing activity was insufficient to make it liable if it had shown willingness to take down infringing content.
Country
Year
2011
Topic, claim, or defense
General or Non-Specified
Document type
Court Decision
Issuing entity
Appellate Domestic Court
Type of service provider
Search Engine or Index
Type of law
Civil
General effect on immunity
Strengthens Immunity