Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms

We build a model where an online hosting platform develops a copyright filter to screen content that contributors wish to upload. The technology is imprecise, since non-infringing material may be incorrectly filtered out. Once the content is hosted on the platform, a right-holder may send a take-dow...

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Authors: De Chiara, Alessandro, Manna, Ester, Rubí Puig, Antoni, Segura, Adrian
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/227006
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Drets d'autor
Servidors web
Copyright
Web servers
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spelling Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting PlatformsDe Chiara, AlessandroManna, EsterRubí Puig, AntoniSegura, AdrianDrets d'autorServidors webCopyrightWeb serversWe build a model where an online hosting platform develops a copyright filter to screen content that contributors wish to upload. The technology is imprecise, since non-infringing material may be incorrectly filtered out. Once the content is hosted on the platform, a right-holder may send a take-down notice if its own monitoring system, also imprecise, finds it to be copyright infringing. The efficient design of regulation and liability calls for (i) giving the right-holder incentives to evaluate fair use when submitting a notice and (ii) lifting the safe-harbor protection granted to platforms that promptly remove content following a take-down notice.Elsevier B.V.2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/227006Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2025.101143Information Economics and Policy, 2025, vol. 71https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2025.101143cc-by-nc-nd (c) De Chiara et al., 2025http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2270062026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms
spellingShingle Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms
De Chiara, Alessandro
Drets d'autor
Servidors web
Copyright
Web servers
title_short Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms
title_full Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms
title_fullStr Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms
title_full_unstemmed Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms
title_sort Efficient Copyright Filters for Online Hosting Platforms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv De Chiara, Alessandro
Manna, Ester
Rubí Puig, Antoni
Segura, Adrian
author De Chiara, Alessandro
author_facet De Chiara, Alessandro
Manna, Ester
Rubí Puig, Antoni
Segura, Adrian
author_role author
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Rubí Puig, Antoni
Segura, Adrian
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Drets d'autor
Servidors web
Copyright
Web servers
topic Drets d'autor
Servidors web
Copyright
Web servers
description We build a model where an online hosting platform develops a copyright filter to screen content that contributors wish to upload. The technology is imprecise, since non-infringing material may be incorrectly filtered out. Once the content is hosted on the platform, a right-holder may send a take-down notice if its own monitoring system, also imprecise, finds it to be copyright infringing. The efficient design of regulation and liability calls for (i) giving the right-holder incentives to evaluate fair use when submitting a notice and (ii) lifting the safe-harbor protection granted to platforms that promptly remove content following a take-down notice.
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Information Economics and Policy, 2025, vol. 71
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