The Business Law Reports
[2017] Bus LR 1816
Court of Justice of the European Union
Stichting Brein
v
Wullems
(Case C-527/15)
EU:C:2017:300
2016 Sept 29;
Dec 8;
2017 April 26
Dec 8;
2017 April 26
President of Chamber M Ilešič,
President of Court, acting as Judge of Second Chamber, K Lenaerts,
Judges A Prechal, C Toader, E Jarašiūnas
Advocate General M Campos Sánchez-Bordona
President of Court, acting as Judge of Second Chamber, K Lenaerts,
Judges A Prechal, C Toader, E Jarašiūnas
Advocate General M Campos Sánchez-Bordona
Copyright— Communication to public— Rights— Defendant selling multimedia players with pre-installed add-ons containing links to streaming websites giving access to digital content without rightholders’ consent— Defendant’s advertisements stating purchasers of players able to watch audiovisual material without rightholders’ consent— Whether “communication to public”— Whether defendant’s acts satisfying conditions for exemption from general rule that only rightholder able to authorise reproductions of protected works—
Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29/EC, arts 3(1), 5(1)(5)