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Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 : paragraph 34
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 13 : paragraphs 34, 35, 72
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P2 : paragraphs 32, 33
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 : paragraph 79
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 51 -P1 : paragraph 80
• Directive 2001/29 : paragraphs 28, 70, 82
• Directive 2001/29 -A01P1 : paragraph 9
• Directive 2001/29 -A02 : paragraphs 6, 7, 60, 63, 67
• Directive 2001/29 -A02LC : paragraphs 1, 13, 20, 21, 23 - 27, 29 - 31, 37, 39, 57, 65, 66, 75, 77, 83, 85, 86
• Directive 2001/29 -A03 : paragraphs 7, 60, 63, 67
• Directive 2001/29 -A04 : paragraphs 7, 60, 63
• Directive 2001/29 -A05 : paragraphs 57, 58, 60, 63, 65
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P1 : paragraph 62
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P2 : paragraphs 24, 25, 62
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P3 : paragraphs 7, 23 - 25, 62
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P3LD : paragraphs 1, 20, 25, 66 - 69, 72, 74, 75
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P4 : paragraph 62
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P5 : paragraphs 7, 62
• Directive 2001/29 -A09P1 : paragraph 10
• Directive 2001/29 -C3 : paragraphs 5, 32
• Directive 2001/29 -C4 : paragraphs 5, 30
• Directive 2001/29 -C6 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2001/29 -C7 : paragraph 5
• Directive 2001/29 -C9 : paragraphs 5, 30
• Directive 2001/29 -C10 : paragraphs 5, 30
• Directive 2001/29 -C31 : paragraphs 5, 32, 63
• Directive 2001/29 -C32 : paragraphs 5, 58, 64
• Directive 2006/115 : paragraph 53
• Directive 2006/115 -A09 : paragraphs 13, 21, 42
• Directive 2006/115 -A09P1 : paragraph 46
• Directive 2006/115 -A09P1LB : paragraphs 1, 21, 23 - 25, 40, 41, 44, 48, 51, 54, 55, 57, 75
• Directive 2006/115 -A10P2 : paragraph 20
• Directive 2006/115 -A10P2L1 : paragraphs 1, 11, 23 - 25, 75
• Directive 2006/115 -C2 : paragraphs 8, 44, 45
• Directive 2006/115 -C5 : paragraphs 8, 44
• Directive 2006/115 -C7 : paragraphs 8, 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -414/99 -N39 : paragraph 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -206/01 -N43 : paragraph 85
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -540/03 -N35 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 -N35 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/06 -N66 : paragraph 60
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/08 -N189 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/10 -N43 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -135/10 -N41 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -360/10 -N41 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -617/10 -N29 : paragraph 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N59 : paragraph 78
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N60 : paragraph 80
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/12 -N61 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -435/12 -N27 : paragraph 64
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -463/12 -N57 : paragraph 82
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -466/12 -N34 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -466/12 -N35 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 -N19 : paragraph 28
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/13 -N38 : paragraph 64
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/13 -N39 : paragraph 64
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -301/15 -N34 : paragraph 58
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -476/17 : paragraphs 45, 46, 54, 68, 71, 73
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N16 : paragraph 58
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N41 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/17 -N20 : paragraph 53

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A02LC
• Interprets : Directive 2006/115 -A09P1LB
• Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A05
• Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A05P3LD
• Interprets : Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007)

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 11 : point 91
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 13 : points 82, 91, 96, 99, 100
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 53 : point 73
  
• TFEU, Article 288 -L3 : point 78
  
• Directive 96/9 -A05LA : point 38
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P1 : point 37
  
• Decision 2000/278 : point 36
  
• Directive 2001/29 : points 32, 38, 42, 51, 74, 83, 88
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A02 : points 26, 29, 39, 47, 71, 76 - 79
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A02LC : points 6, 16, 19, 40, 50, 52, 59, 75, 89, 99, 100
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A03 : points 52, 71, 75, 77 - 79
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A3 : point 100
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A04 : points 52, 77 - 79, 100
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05 : points 52, 54, 56, 62, 71, 78, 79
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P1 : point 77
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P2 : points 16, 59, 77, 100
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P2LB : point 55
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P3 : points 59, 77
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P3LD : points 7, 16, 53, 60, 64, 68, 69, 76, 100
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P3LK : points 7, 53, 70, 76
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P3LO : points 7, 57
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P5 : points 7, 58
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A10 : point 21
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A10P1 : point 22
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A10P2 : point 23
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C15 : point 36
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C31 : point 56
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C32 : point 52
  
• Directive 2001/2 -A05 : point 89
  
• Directive 2006/115 : point 16
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A09 : points 43, 47, 51, 71
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A09P1LB : points 8, 16, 41, 42, 48 - 50, 71, 100
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A10 : point 71
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A10P2L1 : point 9
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C2 : point 45
  
• Directive 2006/115 -C7 : point 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 : point 34
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N1 : points 28, 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N27 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N32 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N39 : point 28
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N44 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N45 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N46 : point 29
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/10 -N122 : point 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/10 -N123 : point 62
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N59 : point 78
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N60 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -399/11 -N63 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -457/11 -N1 : point 23
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -435/12 -N26 : points 58, 77
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -435/12 -N27 : points 58, 77
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 : point 70
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 -N15 : point 76
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 -N27 : point 97
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 -N28 : point 97
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 -N29 : point 97
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 -N30 : point 97
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/13 -N31 : point 97
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -470/14 -N15 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -470/14 -N16 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -469/17 : point 94
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -469/17 -N38 : point 77
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -469/17 -N39 : point 77
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/17 -N44 : point 90
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -149/17 -N46 : point 98
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N16 : point 52
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

• 12/12/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

29/07/2019

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 319 from 23.09.2019, p.6

Application: OJ C 347 from 16.10.2017, p.16

Name of the parties

Pelham and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Fischhold, Anja: AG Szpunar advises CJEU to rule that unlicensed sampling infringes phonogram producer's reproduction right, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2019 Vol.14, N°5 p.353-354 (EN)
2. Griffiths, Jonathan : European Union copyright law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights - Advocate General Szpunar's Opinions in (C-469/17) Funke Medien, (C-476/17) Pelham GmbH and (C-516/17) Spiegel Online, ERA-Forum : scripta iuris europaei 2019 Vol.20 N°1 p.35-50 (EN)
3. Apel, Simon: Sampling ohne Zustimmung kann Eingriff in Rechte des Tonträgerherstellers darstellen - "Metall auf Metall", Multimedia und Recht 2019 p.596-603 (DE)
4. Papastefanou, Stefan: Urheberrechtliche Zulässigkeit von Sampling, Computer Law Review International | Computer und Recht 2019 p.595-602 (NL)
5. Leistner, Matthias: "Ende gut, alles gut" ...oder" Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen" ?, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2019 p.1008-1015 (DE)
6. Schipper, Bjorn: De kunst van het samplen na Pelham, AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2019 p.162-166 (NL)
7. Simon, Denys: Droits d'auteur et droits voisins, Europe 2019 Mois Comm. nº 10 p.40-41 (FR)
8. Visser, D.J.G.: Pelham, Funke en Spiegel Online: beperkingen en grondrechten in het EU-auteursrecht, Ars aequi 2019 p.887-892 (NL)
9. Stumpf, ..: Metall unf Metall: Voraussetzungen für das Sampling im EU-Recht, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2019 p.1086-1095 (DE)
10. Visser, D.J.G.: Pelham, Funke en Spiegel Online: beperkingen en grondrechten in het EU-auteursrecht, Ars aequi 2019 p.887-892 (NL)
11. Lucas, André: Droit d'auteur et droits voisins, Propriétés intellectuelles 2019 n° 73 p.41-58 (FR)
12. Stieper, Malte: Der Trans Europa Express ist aus Luxemburg zurück - auf dem Weg zu einer Vollharmonisierung der urheberrechtlichen Schranken, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2019 p.713-720 (DE)
13. Hieber, Thomas: "Metall auf Metall" - doch ein Ende ohne Schrecken ?, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2019 p.746-748 (DE)
14. Dommering, Egbert: De arresten Funke Medien, Spiegel Online en Pelham van het HvJ EU van 29 juli 2019, AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2019 p.185-191 (NL)
15. Senftleben, M.R.F.: AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2019 p.210-216 (NL)
16. Hofmarcher, Dominik: Metall auf Metall - klares "Jein" zum Sampling und zur Berufung auf Grundrechte, Ecolex 2019 p.975-976 (DE)
17. Müller, Willem: Die "Metall auf Metall"-Entscheidung des EuGH und ihre Auswirkung auf künftige Vertragsgestaltungen, Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis 2019 p.1545-1549 (DE)
18. Bruguière, Jean-Michel: L'équilibre des droits en matière de droit d'auteur selon la Cour de justice : toutes les exceptions, rien que les exceptions mais pas que les exceptions, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2019 nº 40 p.1725-1730 (FR)
19. Jütte, Bernd Justin: CJEU permits sampling of phonograms under a de minimis rule and the quotation exception, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2019 p.827-829 (EN)
20. Walter, Michel M: Die Zukunft des Sampling nach der Entscheidung des EuGH in der Rs "Pelham/Metall auf Metall/Kraftwerk", MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2019 p. 90-97 (DE)
21. Hugenholtz, P.B.: HvJ EU 29-07-2019, C-476/17 : noot, Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2020 nº 43 p. 6068-6073 (NL)
22. Bensamoun, Alexandra ; Sirinelli, Pierre: Exceptions (en général et en particulier), droits, liberté d’expression… : « je t’aime, moi non plus… », Revue internationale du droit d'auteur 2020 nº 263 p.93-114 (FR)
23. Bensamoun, Alexandra ; Sirinelli, Pierre: Exceptions (in general and in particular), rights, freedom of expression...: ‘je t’aime, moi non plus...’, Revue internationale du droit d'auteur 2020 nº 263 p. 89-110 (EN)
24. Senftleben, Martin: Flexibility Grave : Partial Reproduction Focus and Closed System Fetishism in CJEU, Pelham, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 2020 p. 751-769 (EN)
25. Geiger, Christophe ; Izyumenko, Elena: The Constitutionalization of Intellectual Property Law in the EU and the Funke Medien, Pelham and Spiegel Online Decisions of the CJEU : Progress, but Still Some Way to Go!, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 2020 p. 282-306 (EN)
26. Schulze, Gernot: Die freie Benutzung im Lichte des EuGH-Urteils „Pelham“ : C-476/17, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2020 p. 128-133 (DE)
27. Grisse, Karina ; Kaiser, Carola: Freiheit ab Unkenntlichkeit? – Die Bedeutung der (fehlenden) Wiedererkennbarkeit für das urheberrechtliche Vervielfältigungsrecht, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2021 p. 401-415 (DE)
28. Jütte, Bernd Justin ; Quintais, João Pedro: The Pelham Chronicles: sampling, copyright and fundamental rights : Pelham and others, Case C-476/17, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2021 p. 213-225 (EN)
29. Grisse, Karina ; Kaiser, Carole: On the significance of (un)recognisability for the reproduction right in European copyright law : Pelham GmbH v Hutter (C-476/17), European Intellectual Property Review 2022 p. 78-90 (EN)
30. Stang, Felix: Freie Benutzung und unfreie Bearbeitung in der urheberrechtlichen Praxis : anwaltliche Risikoanalyse und alternative Lösungsmodelle : [C-476/17], Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2024 p. 176-181 (DE)
31. Kiiski, Jussi: Recognising music samples - whose ear to trust in IP?, European Intellectual Property Review 2024, Volume 46, Issue 10, p. 676-683 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

• Freedom of movement for persons
  
• - Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  
• System of property ownership
  
• 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

Grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French