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Tittel:Liability exemptions of non-hosting intermediaries: Sideshow in the Digital Services Act?
Ansvar:Sebastian Felix Schwemer, Tobias Mahler & Håkon Styri
Forfatter:Schwemer, Sebastian Felix / Mahler, Tobias / Styri, Håkon
Materialtype:Artikkel - elektronisk
Signatur:Oslo law review
Utgitt:Oslo : Universitetsforlaget, 2021
Omfang:S. 4-29
Serie:Oslo law review ; 1/2021
Emneord:Domenenavn / Elektronisk handel / Internasjonal rett / Menneskerettigheter
Stikkord:Direktiv 2000/31/EF - Netthandeldirektivet – E-handeldirektivet
Note:Open access, Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Innhold:The European Union is currently discussing a reform of its intermediary liability rules with its recently proposed Digital Services Act. The existing rules in the e-Commerce Directive (Directive 2000/31/EC) offer a safe harbour from liability for certain intermediary functions that are central to the functioning of the internet. A safe harbour for intermediaries is one of the regulatory cornerstones that help protect innovation, creativity and the free flow of information. At the same time, these rules are under pressure. This paper discusses a subset of ‘non-hosting’ intermediary functions. Some of these have traditionally been less visible in content-related regulatory debates. We look at selected examples of functions related to the domain name system (DNS), content delivery networks (CDNs), cloud processing and live-streaming. The current liability exemption regime under the e-Commerce Directive focusses on transmission in, or access to, a communication network, as well as storage. However, significant grey areas arise both in relation to what we call the ‘auxiliary network intermediary’ function (as opposed to ‘direct network intermediary’ functions corresponding to ‘mere conduit’ functions), which does not transmit or provide access, and the ‘temporal provision and processing of information’, which is different from storage.

Keywords: Intermediary liability, self-regulation, content regulation, Digital Services Act, e-Commerce Directive, content delivery networks, domain name system
Del av verk:Oslo law review 1/2021

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