Regulating Hosting ISPs’ Responsibilities for Copyright Infringement

This book employs a comparative approach to comprehensively discuss hosting ISPs’ (Internet Service Providers') responsibilities for copyright infringement in the US, EU and China. In particular, it details how the current responsibility rules should be interpreted or revised so as to provide hosting ISPs maximum freedom to operate in these jurisdictions.  In addition to examining relevant state regulations, the book assesses self-regulation norms agreed upon between copyright owners and ho