Posts tagged #e-commerce
All PostsAustrian OGH: Country of Origin Principle under E-Commerce Directive
European LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has referred a question on the E-Commerce Directive to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling. In the case at hand, the plaintiff was operating bookshops in Austria and also has an associa...
Are You Liable for Tagged Posts on Instagram?
Civil LawThe operator of an Instagram page may be liable for the fact that tagged posts by third party users violate the Austrian Fair Trading Act. According to the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH), anyone who links their page to...
OGH: On the liability of the host provider for copyright infringements
Although the operator of a video platform plays a central role in making the content posted by users accessible, this alone is not sufficient to assume communication to the public. For copyright infringement, there is only limited accountability. In ...