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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
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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
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
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Directive 93/83
-A02 : paragraphs 5, 25
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Directive 93/83
-A08 : paragraphs 6, 25
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Directive 2001/29
: paragraph 22
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Directive 2001/29
-A03P1 : paragraphs 1, 4, 18, 19, 26, 28, 31, 36, 40, 42, 43, 46
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Directive 2001/29
-A03P3 : paragraph 23
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Directive 2001/29
-A08P1 : paragraph 6
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Directive 2001/29
-C23 : paragraphs 3, 23
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Directive 2001/29
-C27 : paragraph 3
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05
: paragraphs 20, 32, 33, 37, 39, 42
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/08
: paragraphs 20, 28, 37, 39, 42
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -431/09
: paragraphs 28, 37, 39
Operative part
Opinion
Information not available
Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
Information not available
Date of the hearing
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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
- 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)
- Kraft, Nikolaus: Urheberrecht: Auslegung des Begriffs der "öffentlichen Wiedergabe", Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2013 p.427-429 (DE)
- Baggs, Simon ; Hansson, Sunniva: What's the Catch? The CJEU Judgment in ITV v TVCatchup, European Intellectual Property Review 2013 p.363-365 (EN)
- Eijsvogels, F.W.E.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2013 p.233-235 (NL)
- 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)
- Honkasalo, Pessi: Yleisölle välittämisestä - Euroopan unionin tuomioistuimen ratkaisu asiassa C-607/11, Lakimies 2013 nº 4 p.782-789 (FI)
- 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)
- Maritzen, Lars ; Rieger, Felicitas: EuGH: Livestreaming von Fernsehsendungen - ITV Broadcasting, Multimedia und Recht 2013 p.461-463 (DE)
- Colangelo, Margherita: Comunicazione al pubblico e diritto d'autore nel live streaming, Il diritto dell'informazione e dell'informatica 2013 p.367-379 (IT)
- 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)
- Hugenholtz, P.B.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2013 nº 444 (NL)
- Walter, Michel M.: Weiterleitung von Fernsehsendungen im Internet – Online-Streaming, MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2013 p.23-24 (DE)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Vivant, Michel ; Mallet-Poujol, Nathalie: Droit de l'Internet, La Semaine Juridique - entreprise et affaires 2014 nº 11 p.46-53 (FR)
- Silverman, Iona ; Gesinde, Yindi: ITV v TV CatchUp: the saga continues..., European Intellectual Property Review 2016 p.580-584 (EN)
- Costes, Lionel: La proprieté littéraire et artistique, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2017 nº 143 p.14-17 (FR)
- Pollaud-Dulian, Frédéric: Propriété littéraire et artistique, Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial et de droit économique 2018 n° 1 p.95-99 (FR)
- Pollaud-Dulian, Frédéric: Propriété littéraire et artistique, Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial et de droit économique 2018 n° 1 p.100-107 (FR)
- 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
Language(s) of the Opinion
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