Summary: | 碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 法律學系碩士班 === 102 === The Internet has become an indispensable part of daily life , the search engine service is the most commonly used, therefore, a large amount of copyright disputes emerge from the search engine on Internet. Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. To practice the factors of fair use in any particular case is the most controversial issues in the field of copyright law.
In Taiwan, the Legislative Yuan passed the amendment of copyright law in 2009, by enacting safe harbor provisions to limit ISP’s liability. ISP take the “notice / take” for users’ infringement by use their services, ISP can obtain disclaimer effect from the lawsuit between copyright owners and internet users, thereby the risk of ISP’s involvement can be reduce.
This thesis being with introducing the fair use of search engine on Internet, and discusses the safe harbor provisions in 2009, and introducing the legislation of SOPA. Finally, this thesis will provide few suggestions of the copyright law’s legislation.
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