Resumen

NOVOA, Eugenia. Extraterritorial application of copyright regulations in Ecuador due to cloud computing services: terms of service of Twitter and YouTube. Rev. Derecho [online]. 2022, n.26, pp.23-49.  Epub 01-Dic-2022. ISSN 1510-3714.  https://doi.org/10.22235/rd26.2681.

The internet is transforming society on a global level, especially due to the increasing popularity of social media services such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Because cloud computing characteristics have tangible effects on enterprises and economics growth globally, it is necessary to create an understanding of cloud computing’s cross-border nature and the effects of and such paradigm for social media artists located in Ecuador. Therefore, this paper seeks the following objectives: firstly, to establish how Ecuadorian artists can be bound by extraterritorial copyright laws by posting their works in YouTube or Twitter. Secondly, to define the benefits and drawbacks of the relation of Ecuadorian artists with YouTube and Twitter. Lastly, this article shows how U.S. copyright laws bind Ecuadorian users of YouTube and Twitter transnationally.

Palabras clave : copyright; artistic work; cloud computing; Twitter; YouTube.

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