Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 October 2018

Bastei Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG v Michael Strotzer

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht München I

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Copyright and related rights — Directive 2001/29/EC — Enforcement of intellectual property rights — Directive 2004/48/EC — Compensation in the event of file-sharing in breach of copyright — Internet connection accessible by members of the owner’s family — Exemption from liability of the owner without the need to specify the nature of the use of the connection by the family member — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 7

Case C-149/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
30/11/2018 Bastei Lübbe
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2018:841
18/10/2018 Bastei Lübbe
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2018:841
18/10/2018 Bastei Lübbe
Application (OJ)
16/06/2017 Bastei Lübbe
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:400
06/06/2018 Bastei Lübbe
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.05 EU law and national law
    1.05.02 Implementation of EU law within the national legal system
      1.05.02.00 General
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.09 Harmonised intellectual property rights
      4.11.09.03 Copyright and related rights
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Information not available

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 24/03/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 06/06/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/10/2018


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 455 from 17.12.2018, p.10

Application: OJ C 213 from 03.07.2017, p.19

Name of the parties

Bastei Lübbe

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Mantz, Reto: Haftung für Filesharing bei Familienanschluss – Bastei Lübbe, Multimedia und Recht 2018 p.805-808 (DE)
  2. Schaub, Renate: Keine Haftungsbefreiung für Familienmitglieder bei Filesharing, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2018 p.1237-1238 (DE)
  3. Jánošíková, Martina: To nie ja, ale možno moji rodičia, Bulletin slovenskej advokácie 2018 n° 11 p.30-31 (SK)
  4. Marinos, Michail-Theodoros: Paratigíseis: Apó 18.10.2018 Bastei Lübbe Michael Strotzer C-149/17, Dikaio Epicheiriseon & Etairion 2018 p.1293-1297 (EL)
  5. Sesing, Andreas: Keine Haftungsbefreiung für Familienmitglieder bei Filesharing, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2019 N°1-2 p.36 (DE)
  6. Skubic, Zoran: Kršenje avtorskih pravic na spletu pod krinko družine, Pravna praksa 2019 nº 1-2 p.34-35 (SL)
  7. Teunissen, P.: Bastei Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG/Michael Strotzer, AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2019 p.30-33 (NL)
  8. Walter, Michel M.: Filesharing — Haftung des Inhabers einer IP-Adresse, MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2019 p.19-24 (DE)
  9. Bernault, Carine: Contrefaçon - Peer-to-peer - Responsabilité du titulaire de l'accès à internet - Protection de la vie privée familiale, Propriétés intellectuelles 2019 n° 70 p.39-41 (FR)
  10. Bensamoun, Alexandra: Responsabilité du titulaire d'un accès à internet en cas de contrefaçon : "Si ce n'est toi, c'est donc ton ... " ?, Dalloz IP / IT 2019 nº 01 p.40-43 (FR)
  11. Brüggemann, Franziska: Abonnentens skadeståndsansvar vid olaglig fildelning från dennes internetanslutning : särskilt med hänsyn till Bastei Lübbe-målet samt Infosoc och IPRED : C-149/17, Affärsjuridiska uppsatser 2019 p. 93-179 (SV)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Landgericht München I - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of establishment
  • Freedom to provide services
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • Approximation of laws

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French