Your website is under your control and you should ensure that
all the material which you place on your website does not infringe
the copyright of others. Regular auditing of your own website
content is therefore advisable to avoid copyright infringement.
However, in certain industries, such as personnel, education and
advertising, it is common practice for website owners to allow
third party users to upload images and literary content to their
websites. This process can expose website owners to copyright
infringement if those users post infringing material on those
websites.
Website owners are therefore strongly advised to set up website
user terms under which users undertake not to upload infringing
material. The terms should also include provisions which allow the
website owner to immediately take down the infringing material and
cease future access by the user. It is also prudent to include an
indemnity provision in the user terms, requiring indemnification
