Linking on the internet and copyright liability – A clarion call for doctrinal clarity and legal certainty

• Main Author: SAW, Cheng Lim
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Communication (or making available) to the public right; Copyright; EU law; Defamation law; Hyperlinks; Framing; Inline linking; Knowledge; Consent; New public; Online infringement; Intellectual Property Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2747; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/4705/viewcontent/Saw2018_Article_LinkingOnTheInternetAndCopyrig__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Prompted by the decisions of the CJEU in Svensson and GS Media, this paper attempts to unmask the potential copyright liability of an internet user who engages in hyperlinking, framing and/or inline linking from a principled and conceptually coherent perspective. The overall discourse in this paper...