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Efficient copyright filters for online hosting platforms

Alessandro De Chiara et al.

Information Economics and Policy2025https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2025.101143article
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Abstract

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. • We study the design of liability for copyright infringements on online platforms. • In the model, a platform can costly screen content. • A right-holder can send take-down notices. • The right-holder must be given incentives to evaluate fair use. • Safe-harbor protection granted to platforms that remove content should be lifted.

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@article{alessandro2025,
  title        = {{Efficient copyright filters for online hosting platforms}},
  author       = {Alessandro De Chiara et al.},
  journal      = {Information Economics and Policy},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2025.101143},
}

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0.48

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.41 × 0.4 = 0.16
M · momentum0.63 × 0.15 = 0.09
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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