Extraterritorial application of copyright regulations in Ecuador due to cloud computing services: terms of service of Twitter and YouTube

The internet is transforming society on a global level, especially due to the increasing popularity of social media services such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Because cloud computing characteristics have tangible effects on enterprises and economics growth globally, it is necessary to create an...

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Autor: Novoa, Eugenia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Uruguay
Institución:Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Repositorio:LIBERI
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:liberi.ucu.edu.uy:10895/7291
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadederecho/article/view/2681
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/7291
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:copyright
artistic work
cloud computing
Twitter
YouTube
derechos de autor
trabajo artístico
computación en la nube
direitos autorais
trabalho artístico
Computação em Nuvem
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Sumario:The internet is transforming society on a global level, especially due to the increasing popularity of social media services such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Because cloud computing characteristics have tangible effects on enterprises and economics growth globally, it is necessary to create an understanding of cloud computing’s cross-border nature and the effects of and such paradigm for social media artists located in Ecuador. Therefore, this paper seeks the following objectives: firstly, to establish how Ecuadorian artists can be bound by extraterritorial copyright laws by posting their works in YouTube or Twitter. Secondly, to define the benefits and drawbacks of the relation of Ecuadorian artists with YouTube and Twitter. Lastly, this article shows how U.S. copyright laws bind Ecuadorian users of YouTube and Twitter transnationally.