{"id":28475,"date":"2016-02-04T10:04:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T08:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/gema-vs-youtube\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T09:48:57","slug":"gema-vs-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/gema-vs-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"GEMA vs. YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"9f6113\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #9f6113;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-28470 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"GEMA, YouTube, Urheberrecht, Rechtsanwalt\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gema-vs-YouTube-1024x576.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gema-vs-YouTube-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gema-vs-YouTube-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gema-vs-YouTube-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gema-vs-YouTube-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gema-vs-YouTube-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d4b5d69 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_76d5449d9f509aee2366ad308b5317b6\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gigantic-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">GEMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Vs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-444ecbb89883fa0cfbb9d85ed8cbe767\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">YouTube<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76c96157 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2016-02-04T10:04:23+02:00\">4. February 2016<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Clemens Pfitzer<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c93ec0be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Users can upload and publish videos on video platforms such as YouTube. But what happens if users upload videos with illegal content, e.g. in infringement of copyright? This raises the question of whether YouTube is liable for this.    <\/strong>The Higher Regional Court in Munich has made a decision in this regard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-worum-geht-s\">What is it all about?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The music rights exploiter GEMA filed a lawsuit against YouTube, the operator of a platform for online videos. GEMA is seeking damages because certain musical works were uploaded to YouTube&#8217;s servers and made publicly accessible to internet users in Germany and elsewhere without the corresponding rights of use. <\/p>\n\n<p>YouTube refused to pay damages as it had not uploaded the music videos itself, but merely made the platform available to users.<\/p>\n\n<p>GEMA, on the other hand, is of the opinion that YouTube exploits the retrievable works and is not merely a technical service provider. YouTube, like a music service, must acquire licenses for the exploitation and is therefore liable for damages. <\/p>\n\n<p>The Munich Regional Court rejected the collecting society&#8217;s claim. In the previous instance<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gesetze-bayern.de\/Content\/Document\/Y-300-Z-BECKRS-B-2015-N-12314?hl=true&amp;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(judgment of 30.06.2015 &#8211; Ref.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dejure.org\/dienste\/vernetzung\/rechtsprechung?Gericht=LG%20M%FCnchen%20I&amp;Datum=30.06.2015&amp;Aktenzeichen=33%20O%209639\/14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> 33 O 9639\/14<\/a>), the Munich judges had found that a platform operator is only liable for the content publicly accessible on its platform if it has published this content itself. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-die-entscheidung-des-gerichts-in-sachen-gema-gegen-youtube\">The court&#8217;s decision in GEMA v. YouTube<\/h2>\n\n<p>With  <a href=\"https:\/\/openjur.de\/u\/872782.html\">Judgment of 28.01.2016 &#8211; Ref. 29 U 2798\/15 <\/a>  the Munich Higher Regional Court dismissed the collecting society&#8217;s claim for damages. It thus confirmed the opinion of Munich Regional Court that the platform is not responsible for the uploads of its users and therefore cannot be held liable for copyright infringements. <\/p>\n\n<p>However, the individual users who upload videos are solely responsible.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to the Munich Higher Regional Court, the decisive factor is that YouTube is only a technical service provider. The relevant infringing act, the making available to the public by uploading the work, is carried out by the user. As soon as YouTube users upload their videos, they are immediately accessible to the public without YouTube having to intervene. There was therefore no act of infringement by YouTube that could justify a claim for damages.   <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The decision must be distinguished from the ruling of the Hamburg judges in July 2015, in which YouTube&#8217;s liability was affirmed. However, only vicarious liability was affirmed because the video portal had not removed the content immediately after becoming aware of the copyright infringements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision of the Munich Higher Regional Court is not expected to end the legal dispute. An appeal to the Federal Court of Justice has been expressly permitted. It remains to be seen whether and, if so, what decision the Federal Court of Justice will make.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, GEMA has been taking action against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abmahnung.org\/gema\/\">unauthorized use of music on online platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide v4-pattern-cta-box has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a7c0d175 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ec2e7a44 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-bce6ca70 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;flex-basis:60%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-right is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c12a1d1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<div id=\"multirow-headline-block_e281c874afe34b7e616f5f5ea6fb8be3\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline alignwide\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">We are happy to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:8%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:0.9;text-transform:uppercase\">advise you about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:0.9;text-transform:uppercase\">Copyright!<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5c3c14bb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-visual4-contact-modal__button\">\r\n            \r\n        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\r\n            \r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button v4-contact-modal-button is-style-fill\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\" data-form-id=\"8\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\">Contact form<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        \r\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-style-mobile-only is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fc4fd283 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:4971141019030\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Call now!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column--image is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full v4-pattern-cta-box__columns-column__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/themes\/kpw-law\/assets\/samples\/person-cropped.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23155\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEMA &#8211; YouTube. 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