Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 7 March 2013

ITV Broadcasting Ltd and Others v TVCatchUp Ltd

Request for a preliminary ruling from the High Court of Justice (England and Wales) (Chancery Division)

Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 3(1) — Broadcasting by a third party over the internet of signals of commercial television broadcasters — ‘Live streaming’ — Communication to the public

Case C‑607/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
12/04/2013 ITV Broadcasting and Others
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:147
07/03/2013 ITV Broadcasting and Others
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:147
07/03/2013 ITV Broadcasting and Others
Application (OJ)
17/02/2012 ITV Broadcasting and Others
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

Reference for a preliminary ruling – High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) – Interpretation of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ L 167, p. 10) – Concept of ‘communication to the public’ – Authorisation, by the right holders, of the television broadcasting of their works on the free terrestrial network covering either the whole territory of a Member State or a limited geographical area within that Member State – Continuous transmission service, operated by a third party broadcaster, available to individual subscribers who have paid the television license fee, meaning those subscribers can receive the programmes live via video streams on the internet

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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

Operative part

Opinion

Information not available


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 28/11/2011

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

07/03/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 65 from 03.03.2012, p.3

Judgment: OJ C 123 from 27.04.2013, p.6

Name of the parties

ITV Broadcasting and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gaudenzi Sirotti, Andrea: Il titolare dei diritti di trasmissioni televisive può vietare la messa in onda via internet. Necessaria l'autorizzazione a prescindere dallo strumento di comunicazzione utilizzato, Guida al Diritto 2013 nº 14 p.93-96 (IT)
  2. Kraft, Nikolaus: Urheberrecht: Auslegung des Begriffs der "öffentlichen Wiedergabe", Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2013 p.427-429 (DE)
  3. Baggs, Simon ; Hansson, Sunniva: What's the Catch? The CJEU Judgment in ITV v TVCatchup, European Intellectual Property Review 2013 p.363-365 (EN)
  4. Eijsvogels, F.W.E.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2013 p.233-235 (NL)
  5. Costes, Lionel ; Lalot, Laure: Retransmission d'oeuvres télévisuelles en ligne: les précisions de la CJUE, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2013 nº 92 p.18 (FR)
  6. Honkasalo, Pessi: Yleisölle välittämisestä - Euroopan unionin tuomioistuimen ratkaisu asiassa C-607/11, Lakimies 2013 nº 4 p.782-789 (FI)
  7. Castets-Renard, Céline: L'interprétation autonome et systémique du droit d'auteur européen par la CJUE : et maintenant ?, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2013 nº 93 p.10-15 (FR)
  8. Maritzen, Lars ; Rieger, Felicitas: EuGH: Livestreaming von Fernsehsendungen - ITV Broadcasting, Multimedia und Recht 2013 p.461-463 (DE)
  9. Colangelo, Margherita: Comunicazione al pubblico e diritto d'autore nel live streaming, Il diritto dell'informazione e dell'informatica 2013 p.367-379 (IT)
  10. Meister, Marie: Droits d'auteurs et communication au public d'oeuvres télévisuelles. La Cour apporte de nouvelles précisions quant à l'interprétation de la notion de « communication au public » au sens de la directive 2001/29, Europe 2013 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.32 (FR)
  11. Hugenholtz, P.B.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2013 nº 444 (NL)
  12. Walter, Michel M.: Weiterleitung von Fernsehsendungen im Internet – Online-Streaming, MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2013 p.23-24 (DE)
  13. Bocchetti, Vittoria: Il diritto d'autore nell'era della tecnologia: la Corte di giustizia tutela la "comunicazione al pubblico" anche nelle trasmissioni diffuse su Internet, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2013 p.1022-1026 (IT)
  14. Raitz von Frentz, Wolfgang ; Masch, Christian L.: Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 7. März 2013 – C-607/11 – Livestreaming, ITVBroadcasting Ltd. u. a./TVCatchup Ltd., Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2013 p.393-395 (DE)
  15. Dumitraşcu, Augustina: Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene. Hotărârea Curţii de Justiţie Europene din 7 martie 2013, cauza nr. C-607/11, Revista Romana de Dreptul Proprietatii Intelectuale 2013 p.297 (RO)
  16. Vivant, Michel ; Mallet-Poujol, Nathalie: Droit de l'Internet, La Semaine Juridique - entreprise et affaires 2014 nº 11 p.46-53 (FR)
  17. Silverman, Iona ; Gesinde, Yindi: ITV v TV CatchUp: the saga continues..., European Intellectual Property Review 2016 p.580-584 (EN)
  18. Costes, Lionel: La proprieté littéraire et artistique, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2017 nº 143 p.14-17 (FR)
  19. Pollaud-Dulian, Frédéric: Propriété littéraire et artistique, Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial et de droit économique 2018 n° 1 p.95-99 (FR)
  20. Pollaud-Dulian, Frédéric: Propriété littéraire et artistique, Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial et de droit économique 2018 n° 1 p.100-107 (FR)
  21. Mouron, Philippe: Les services d'enregistrement numérique, entre le droit de communication au public et l'exception de copie privée, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2018 nº 148 p.9-13 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Chancery Division - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Designs and Patents Act 1988, ss. 20, 28A, 17, 16(3) Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available