YouTube not liable for users uploading infringing content

YouTube won a legal victory in the EU this week, after the European Court of Justice ruled that the platform and other user generated content-reliant platforms should not be held liable for users uploading infringing content. "As currently stands, operators of online platforms do not, in principle, themselves make a communication to the public of copyright-protected content illegally posted online by users of those platforms" - ECJ ruled. The court added that such platforms can still be held liable however, if they have "specific knowledge that protected content is available illegally" on their platforms, yet refrain "from expeditiously deleting it or blocking access to it".