01
Factual background & dispute
- The service used retrieval-augmented generation and public web sources.
- A rights holder found infringing cloud-storage links and requested removal.
- The operator removed the results that day.
02
Core issues & judicial focus
- Search services versus direct provision of works
- Technology-specific knowledge and care standards
- Timely and effective notice handling
03
Judicial finding & holding
- The appellate court upheld dismissal of the damages claim.
- The operator had not uploaded the links and was not found at fault for contributory infringement.
- The SPC release ties care to technology, service design, result formation and algorithmic and data advantages.
Dates & procedural record
- First-instance dismissal; upheld on appeal on 25 December 2025.
- Published in the SPC representative-case release.
04
Practical risk implications
01Document crawling, ranking, active recommendations, generated summaries and link display separately.
02Retain notices, result snapshots, removal timestamps and follow-up testing; do not treat prompt removal as an unconditional safe harbour.
03Include source checks, infringement-risk assessment and algorithm-compliance evidence in RAG acceptance testing.