body: This question is closely related to:
  [How do community websites and forums defend against copyright claims?](https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/19746/how-do-community-websites-and-forums-defend-against-copyright-claims), but it didn't exactly answer my question as my question is about servers based in Europe.
  
  
  If a server is hosted in Germany, what courses of action could the site admin take in order to defend themselves against copyright infringements of user posted content? (E.g. pictures from Tumblr etc)
  
  
  I noticed that America usually uses the DMCA or the fair-use policy (as mentioned in the linked question), but I doubt it is the same in Germany. Would a similar approach work as American forums have? (e.g. put it in their policies that copyright infringement needs to be removed) Or are bigger measures to be taken because the law in Germany seems to be more strict?
  
  
  
title: What EU law regulates the service providers liabilities and responsibilities for user posted content?