The "inducement to infringe" provision involves the situation where a company knowingly took steps that are substantially certain to result in direct infringement.
The EC shall make public the names of anyone infringing the provisions of this Regulation or of any implementing measures adopted pursuant to it and the amounts of, and reasons for, the financial penalties imposed.
The suits had been brought by a coalition of German lawmakers, economists and business executives who argued that Germany's participation in loans and support funds for Greece undermined Parliament and infringed on provisions underpinning the country's democracy.
Officials of the Portmarnock club could not be reached for comment, but the club released a statement that said, "It is the understanding of Portmarnock Golf Club, and we have been so advised, that the rules of the club do not infringe the provisions of the Equal Status Act".
Still, there was enormous pressure on the administration to back away from the treaty, led by groups like the National Rifle Association, which contended that some provisions infringed on the Second Amendment freedoms of American gun owners, a claim disputed by treaty supporters.
Superficially, "materially contributes to the infringing activity" provision pertains to whether the company provided a service to allow such activity.
That provision allows sites to host infringing content if they aren't aware of it, don't profit from it and remove any infringing content immediately upon the copyright holder's request.
In the meantime, Google has argued that YouTube is protected by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act's "safe harbor" provision, which allows sites to host infringing material if they aren't aware of it and take it down once notified by its owners.
Dotcom said Mega would comply with orders from copyright holders to remove infringing material, which will afford it the "safe harbor" legal provision, which minimizes liability on the condition that a party acted in good faith to comply.
Sopa also calls for search engines to remove infringing sites from their results - Pipa does not include this provision.
YouTube has argued that it was protected by the "safe harbor" provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, because it took down infringing clips when notified.
