Vimeo was held liable because it failed to take action against infringing TV content uploaded to the platform, roughly 2,000 copyright-infringing videos in this case.<\/p>\n
The U.S. streaming platform followed up with a petition to appeal the verdict, but\u00a0last week<\/a>\u00a0a panel chaired by Judge Gianna Maria Zannella confirmed the initial ruling. This means that the damages remain unchanged as well.<\/p>\n According to the Court, Vimeo can\u2019t be seen as a passive intermediary. The platform has an \u201cactive role\u201d that\u2019s \u201ccomparable to a video on demand service\u201d because \u201cthe audiovisual contents are precisely cataloged, indexed and linked with each other,\u201d in order to create value for users.<\/p>\n The Court cites jurisprudence from the EU Court of Justice and states that Vimeo can\u2019t simply hide behind safe harbor exemptions. The ruling is also in line with an Italian Supreme Court ruling, which concluded that Yahoo can be seen as an \u201cactive host\u201d under certain conditions.<\/p>\n As a result of the ruling, Vimeo will have to be extra vigilant when it comes to potentially infringing content. The Court previously highlighted that fingerprinting tools and other upload filters might help to prevent further trouble.<\/p>\n Speaking with TorrentFreak, Enzo Mazza, CEO of the Italian Federation of the Music Industry, welcomes the outcome as it helps to define the active role of video-sharing platforms.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough there is no obligation to monitor and check in advance the content posted by users, those who \u2018actively host\u2019 must remove such content or disable access, whenever they are aware of the illegal content of transmissions,\u201d Mazza says.<\/p>\n The recording industry in Italy is also involved in a separate lawsuit against Vimeo and it hopes to secure a similar verdict.<\/p>\n \u201cVimeo has fallen short of its obligation as an online content sharing service to take effective steps to prevent unlicensed music from being made available on its site. Significant amounts of unlicensed music are being uploaded and reuploaded to its service,\u201d Mazza says.<\/p>\n All in all, the Court of Appeal ruling will further strengthen the position of copyright holders. It adds to earlier wins, including a recent decision against Cloudflare, which was ordered to make\u00a0pirate sites unavailable<\/a>\u00a0through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0Court Rejects Vimeo\u2019s Appeal<\/h2>\n
Rightsholders Are Pleased<\/h2>\n
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