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Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 16 March 2017

Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger registrierte Genossenschaft mbH (AKM) v Zürs.net Betriebs GmbH

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Right of communication of works to the public — Article 3(1) — Exceptions and limitations — Article 5(3)(o) — Broadcast of television programmes through a local cable network — National law laying down exceptions for installations allowing access to a maximum of 500 subscribers and for the retransmission of broadcasts of the public broadcaster in national territory

Case C-138/16

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

Judgment (OJ)

28/04/2017

AKM

Freedom of establishment

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:218

16/03/2017

AKM

Freedom of establishment

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:218

16/03/2017

AKM

Freedom of establishment

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

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

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) : paragraph 3
Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A01 : paragraph 4
Directive 2001/29 -A02 : paragraphs 35, 43
Directive 2001/29 -A03 : paragraphs 26, 35, 36, 43
Directive 2001/29 -A03P1 : paragraphs 1, 7, 15, 16, 18, 20 - 22, 24, 30, 32, 33, 43, 44
Directive 2001/29 -A05 : paragraphs 1, 15, 16, 34
Directive 2001/29 -A05P3LO : paragraphs 8, 31, 35, 36, 38, 42 - 44
Directive 2001/29 -C9 : paragraphs 6, 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 -N40 : paragraphs -, 41, 21
Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N56 : paragraph 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/10 -N109 : paragraph 38
Court of Justice - Judgment C -435/12 -N22 : paragraph 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 : paragraph 41
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N37 : paragraph 22
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N38 : paragraphs -, 39, 23
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N40 : paragraphs -, 41, 24
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N45 : paragraph 25

Operative part

Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A03P1
Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A05
Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A05L3LO

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

07/03/2016

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/03/2017

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 151 from 15.05.2017, p.12

Application: OJ C 222 from 20.06.2016, p.2

Name of the parties

AKM

Notes on Academic Writings

Briem, Stephan: Die Auslegung des Begriffs der "öffentlichen Wiedergabe" in der Entscheidungspraxis des EuGH - zugleich Anmerkung zum EuGh-Urteil AKM/Zürs.net, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2017 p.493-497 (DE)
Simon, Denys: Communication au public, Europe 2017 Avril nº 05 p.40 (FR)
Walter, Michel M.: Ausnahme zu Gunsten von Kleingemeinschaftsantennenanlagen unionsrechtswidrig, Medien und Recht 2017 p.79-82 (DE)
Zemann, Adolf: EuGH zu Ausnahmen vom Senderecht nach § 17 Abs 3 UrhG, Ecolex 2017 p.693-694 (DE)
Walser, Martin J. ; Feurstein, Sebastian: Aufi aufn Berg - Der steile Weg zur unionsrechtlichen Dogmatik der »öffentlichen Wiedergabe«, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2017 p.639-645 (DE)
Visser, D.J.G.: Kabeldoorgifte via klein kabelnet. Binnen en buiten ontvangstgebied oorspronkelijke uitzending. Geen (niet ingecalculeerd) nieuw publiek.Art. 3 lid Arl.Art. 5 lid 3 sub o.Arl., AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2017 p. 98-101 (NL)
Peukert, Alexander: Die Bedeutung der "AKM"-Entscheidung des EuGH für das Recht der Kabelweitersendung in Deutschland, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2017 p.881-897 (DE)
Kingma, M.E.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2017 p.365-367 (NL)
Giovanella, Federica: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2017 p.798-801 (IT)
Pollaud-Dulian, Frédéric: Propriété littéraire et artistique, Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial et de droit économique 2018 n° 1 p.95-99 (FR)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Handelsgericht Wien - Austria

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG) (in der Fassung vom 25/07/1994), Paragraph 17 Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG) (in der Fassung vom 25/07/1994), Paragraph 18 Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG) (in der Fassung vom 25/07/1994), Paragraph 59a

Provisions of international law referred to

Convention de Berne pour la protection des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques (09/09/1886), art. 11 bis, par. 1 Traité de l'Organisation mondiale (OMPI) de la propriété intellectuelle sur le droit d'auteur (20/12/1996), art. 1, par. 4 Accord instituant l'Organisation mondiale du commerce - Annexe 1C - Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce (TRIPs) (15/04/1994), art. 9, par. 1

Procedure and result

Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

huitième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Wathelet

Language(s) of the Case

German

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available