Is the "Safe Harbor" of internet platform disappearing?
The video of the “Tan Tan Transportation”(谭谈交通) was removed from several major internet platforms, which is the latest typical network infringement case. In similar cases, the obligee may claim for infringement against the infringer and relevant internet platforms. The “Safe Harbor Principle” derived from the “Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the United States”, which has built a safe harbor for internet platforms, that is, unless an internet platform ignores the obvious infringement and does not take corresponding measures, it could be exempted from liabilities according to this principle. However, in recent years, there are changes in the legislative and judicial…