(1) ʻService providersʼ within the meaning of this Act are the providers of services within the meaning of Article 1 (1) (b) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on information society services (OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1) which
1. have as their main purpose, exclusively or at least in part, the storage and making available to the public of a large amount of copyright-protected content uploaded by third parties,
2. organise content within the meaning of no. 1,
3. advertise content within the meaning of no. 1 for the purpose of making a profit, and
4. compete with online content services for the same target groups.
(2) ʻStart-up service providersʼ are service providers with an annual turnover within the European Union of no more than 10 million euros whose services have been available to the public in the European Union for less than three years.
(3) ʻSmall service providersʼ are service providers with an annual turnover within the European Union of no more than 1 million euros.
(4) The turnover of start-up service providers and small service providers is calculated in accordance with the Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36). In each case, turnover in the previous calendar year is decisive.