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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling - High Court of Ireland - Interpretation of Articles 8(2) and 10(1)(a) of Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (OJ 2006 L 376, p. 28) - Broadcasting and communication to the public of phonograms - Right to a single equitable remuneration for artists and producers - Concept of ‘user’ and of ‘communication to the public’ - Installation in hotel rooms of television and/or radio sets to which the hotel company distributes a broadcast signal

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 92/100 : paragraph 10
• Decision 2000/278 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2000/92 -A08P2 : paragraph 29
• Directive 2001/29 -A03 : paragraph 12
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P1 : paragraphs 36, 49
• Directive 2001/29 -C9 : paragraph 11
• Directive 2006/115 : paragraph 10
• Directive 2006/115 -A07 : paragraphs 7, 74
• Directive 2006/115 -A08 : paragraphs 1, 23
• Directive 2006/115 -A08P2 : paragraphs 8, 24 - 26, 29, 36, 38, 46 - 48, 50, 52 - 56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 65, 68 - 70, 73, 77
• Directive 2006/115 -A10 : paragraphs 1, 9
• Directive 2006/115 -A10P1LA : paragraphs 24, 70 - 77
• Directive 2006/115 -A10P3 : paragraph 75
• Directive 2006/115 -C5 : paragraph 6
• Directive 2006/115 -C7 : paragraph 6
• Directive 2006/115 -C16 : paragraph 6
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 : paragraphs 40, 42, 44, 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/08 : paragraph 44
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -162/10 : paragraph 71
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -135/10 : paragraphs 29 - 37, 58

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2006/115 -A08P2
• Interprets : Directive 2006/115 -A10P1LA

Opinion

• EC Treaty (Maastricht), Article 251 -P2L2 : point 170
  
• Directive 89/552 -A01LA : point 68
  
• Directive 92/100 : points 22, 88, 179
  
• Directive 92/100 -A08 : point 20
  
• Directive 92/100 -A08P2 : points 2, 6, 7, 48, 49, 98
  
• Directive 92/100 -A10 : point 21
  
• Directive 92/100 -A10P1LA : point 5
  
• Directive 92/100 -C5 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C7 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C8 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C9 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C10 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C15 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C16 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C17 : point 19
  
• Directive 92/100 -C20 : point 19
  
• Directive 93/83 -A01P2LA : point 68
  
• Decision 2000/278 : point 13
  
• Directive 2001/29 : point 75
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P1 : points 6, 27, 65, 66, 89, 91, 96, 98, 101, 102, 104 - 107, 110, 111, 116, 163, 165, 166, 170
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P2 : points 27, 100
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C10 : points 26, 110
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C11 : point 26
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C12 : point 26
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C15 : point 26
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C23 : points 26, 67, 91, 93, 169, 172
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C24 : point 26
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C27 : points 26, 91, 92, 164
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C9 : points 26, 106
  
• Directive 2006/115 : points 2, 85, 94, 100
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A07 : point 154
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A08 : point 23
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A08P2 : points 6, 8, 43, 48 - 51, 65, 76 - 81, 87, 88, 90, 91, 93, 98, 101, 102, 104 - 107, 110 - 112, 114 - 119, 122, 124 - 129, 131, 136, 137, 144, 145, 149, 152, 157, 160 - 163, 165, 166, 169, 171, 172, 174, 175, 179
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A10 : point 24
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A10P1LA : points 5, 43, 146, 149, 151 - 156, 176, 178, 179
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A14 : point 25
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C12 : point 22
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C13 : point 22
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C16 : point 22
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C3 : point 22
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C5 : points 22, 102, 110
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C6 : point 22
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C7 : points 22, 83
  
• Agreement between Member States - 41998A0126(02) : point 83
  
• Agreement between Member States - 41998A0126(02) -A12 : points 8, 81, 86
  
• Agreement between Member States - 41998A0126(02) -A15P1 : point 9
  
• Agreement between Member States - 41998A0126(02) -A16P1LA : point 10
  
• Commission - SEC Document - 52000SC1734 : point 170
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -6/90 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/93 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -61/94 : point 82
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -293/98 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -245/00 : point 79
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -89/04 : point 68
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/04 : point 68
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -306/05 : point 89
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 : points 6, 65 - 75, 78, 82, 92, 98, 109, 153, 166, 168
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -568/08 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -135/10 : points 7, 93, 111, 113, 172
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 07/04/2010

Date of the Opinion

• 29/06/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

15/03/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 161 from 19.06.2010, p.28

Judgment: OJ C 133 from 05.05.2012, p.3

Name of the parties

Phonographic Performance (Ireland)

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Castellaneta, Marina: Alberghi, sì al pagamento se c'è possibile lucro, Guida al diritto 2012 nº 14 p.101-106 (IT)
2. Trézéguet, Marlène: Diffusion de musique dans les chambres d'hôtel, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2012 nº 81 p.24-26 (FR)
3. Visser, D.J.G.: AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2012 p.111-113 (NL)
4. Von Ungern-Sternberg, Joachim: Urheberrechtlicher Werknutzer, Täter und Störer im Lichte des Unionsrechts - Zugleich Besprechung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 15. 3. 2012 - EUGH 15.03.2012 Aktenzeichen C-162/10 - Phonographic Performance (Ireland), und Urt. v. 15. 3. 2012 - EUGH 15.03.2012 Aktenzeichen C-135/10 - SCF, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2012 p.576-582 (DE)
5. Idot, Laurence: Droits d'auteur et utilisation de phonogrammes dans des lieux publics, Europe 2012 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.217 (FR)
6. Walter, Michel M.: Hotelzimmerfernsehen - Öffentliche Wiedergabe von Tonträgern, MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2012 p.28-29 (DE)
7. Sciaudone, Riccardo: The dental surgery, the hotel bedroom and "communication to the public", Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2012 p.641-644 (EN)
8. A., I.: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2012 p.525-526 (IT)
9. Faludi, Gábor ; Grad-Gyenge, Anikó: A nyilvánossághoz közvetítési (előadási) jog értelmezése az Európai Bíróság gyakorlatában, Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle 2012 1.szám p.77-93 (HU)
10. Hugenholtz, P.B.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2013 nº 198 (NL)
11. McGovern, Patricia: On the question of the interpretation of Articles 8 and 10 of Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights relating to copy-right in the field of intellectual property, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.170-177 (EN)
12. Ferge, Zsigmond: Kiterjed-e a haszonkölcsönzés 2006/115 irányelv értelmében vett fogalma - a nyomtatott művek haszonkölcsönzésének jellemzőihez hasonló feltételek mellett - valamely könyv digitális formájú többszörözött példányának a haszonkölcsönzésre?, Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle 2017 4. szám p.31-73 (HU)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

High Court (Irlande) - Ireland

Subject-matter

• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• Approximation of laws
  
• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Copyright and related rights
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act, 2007, 17 (2) (b), 21(a), 23(1), 37(1)(b), 37(2), 38, et 246 Copyright and Related Rights Acts 2000-2007

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention internationale de Rome sur la protection des artistes interprètes ou exécutants, des producteurs de phonogrammes et des organismes de radiodiffusion (26/10/1961), des producteurs de phonogrammes et des organismes de radiodiffusion du 26 octobre 1961, art. 12 Convention de Berne pour la protection des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques - Acte de Paris (24/07/1971), art. 11 bis (1)

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• German