Newsletter-21

Prevention of Intellectual Property Rights Infringements through the Internet* Att. Yesim Tokgoz We live in an age where even babies are able to use the internet. We have mobile phones and the internet with us at all times – even in the morning when we wake up, during our coffee breaks, and through- out our most important evenings. According to 2015 data 1 , internet users in Turkey spend 4 hours 37 minutes on the internet, and spend 2 hours 51 minutes using mobile internet. These periods are specifi- cally noted as 4.5 and 2.7 hours throughout the world. Internet users spend these times by logging onto social media or browsing through random websites. It is inevitable that such easy access, and bringing the World to our fingertips cause rights violations, either deliberately and/or unconsciously. In this regard, it is not incorrect to say that in- tellectual property rights suffer the most damage. In this article, we will address certain enforcements in order to prevent the infringement of intellectual property rights via the internet, regulated in the Law regarding the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (“LIPR”), in Regulation of the Publications on Internet numbered 5651 and the Law regarding Content with the Crimes Committed Through These Publications (“Law numbered 5651”or “Law”), and jurisprudence of the Supreme Court. Related Terms We believe that it is useful to explain some of the terms before making statements on the subject. Within this scope, we want to shed light on the meaning of terms, such as access provider, content provider, hosting provider, and providers of public use, which are used widely in this article. Access provider (also referred to as service provider) * Article of April 2016 1 We are Social 2015 data.