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6.2.2 A non-exclusive licensee rather than a copyright owner 161

6.2.3 TOU/ToS as a contract between the UGC platform and the users 162
6.3 The Procedural Conscionability of ToUs/ToSs 164
6.3.1 Notice of offer and assent 164
6.3.2 Notice of modifications to ToUs/ToSs 169

6.3.3 The capacities of the parties 171
6.3.4 The readability of ToUs/ToSs 173
6.3.5 The form of ToUs/ToSs 175
6.4 The Substantive Conscionability of ToUs/ToSs 176

6.4.1 The copyright licence of UGCs 176
6.4.2 The dispute resolution clause 182
6.4.3 The UGC remuneration scheme 186
6.5 Conclusions: The Promise of Fair Exploitation through Conscionable ToUs/ToSs 191

Chapter 7 Platform Users’ Entitlement to UGCs:
Human Use and Web Scraping 193
7.1 Introduction 193

7.2 Human Use of UGCs 194
7.2.1 Terms of Use/Terms of Service 194
7.2.2 Statutory privileges 198

7.2.3 Proposed schemes for human users’ use of UGCs 199
7.2.4 UGC platform as the agent for filing infringement actions 200
7.3 Web Scraping of UGC Databases 202
7.3.1 Character and definition of web scraping of UGC databases 202
7.3.2 Copyright 204

7.3.3 Sui generis database right 206
7.3.4 Trespass Law 213
7.3.5 Anti-unfair competition law 221

7.3.6 Contract 224
7.4 Proposed Solutions for Web Scraping of UGC Databases 226
7.4.1 Copyright approach to web scraping of UGC databases 226
7.4.2 Non-proprietary claims against web scraping infringements 228
7.5 Conclusions 230