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vicarious liability of parents for copyright infringement by minors

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 phd student of praviat law/ tarbiat modares university

2 assosiate professor,faculty of law, tarbiat modares university

3 associate professor, faculty of law, tarbiat modares university

Abstract

Vicarious liability is one of the types of responsibilities arising from other's action. In US law, unlike Iranian legal system, there is a general rule upon which whenever under the control persons, commits a copyright infringement and thereby a financial benefit get to the supervisor, the latter, shall be subject to the vicarious liability. Undoubtedly, children are among the most prominent examples of persons under the control that this usually occurs by their parents. Furthermore, in Current age, it is possible that many infringements occur by children, especially in the Internet. Parents will generally be subject to the vicarious liability for copyright infringements their children. In US law,  has been suggested the probability of parental responsibility for  copyright by children based on the general rule of vicarious responsibility, while it seems that  the nature of the relationship between parents and children  and the bases of suggesting  parental liability for children's fault, demands some differences in this regard. Parental responsibility for children's torts in Iranian law, unlike US law, is based on fault and care rather than control and compliance, and this is an advantage of Iranian law.

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Private Law Research
Volume 7, Issue 27
September 2019
Pages 289-314
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