Article 17 (formerly art. 13): 'upload filter'

Provision:

The Content Sharing Service Provider (CSSP) has to ask permission of the copyright owner to show the content. If he does not have permission, or he does not get permission (the copyright owner may refuse this) the online CSSP is liable for the infringement of copyrights, unless he can prove that he 

• made an effort to get this permission, and
• made an effort to ensure that certain works, about which the copyright owner provides the necessary information, cannot be uploaded and made available, and
• immediately after receiving a notification of the copyright owner, removes the works in question or makes access to them impossible, and 
• ensures the content can no longer be uploaded in the future. 

Exception:

As always copyright protected works can be uploaded 

• for use as a quote
• to criticise, for discussion purposes
• to turn it into caricature, parody or pastiche

Conclusion:

A number of measures have been incorporated into art. 17 to prevent the CSSPs from massively using upload filters that work on algorithms. Because they would go through the content indiscriminately and also remove all parody for instance. This is why the CSSP should develop a comprehensive system for users if they have a complaint about incorrectly removed content. On the other hand, there must also be a system for the copyright owner, his complaints must be handled immediately, and the decision must be made by people. 

It is feared that the installation of upload filters and the development of a complaints mechanism will lead to many extra costs. This means that starting websites, small players would have little chance to be successful. . This is why art. 17 contains an exception: new content sharing service providers, which have been operating in the EU for less than three years and whose turnover is less than EUR 10 million, do not fall under this provision.