22 Jun 2021 (Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18); EU:C:2021:503; [2021] Bus LR 1196; [2021] WLR(D) 362, ECJ (President K Lenaerts, Vice President R Silva de Lapuerta, Presidents of Chambers J-C Bonichot, M Vilaras, E Regan, M Ilešič (Rapporteur), Judges E Juhász, M Safjan, D Šváby, S Rodin, F Biltgen, K Jürimäe, M C Lycourgos, Advocate General H Saugmandsgaard Øe)
COPYRIGHT — Authors’ rights — Reproduction and communication — Defendants’ operating platforms allowing users to make videos or files publicly available — Users making copyright-protected material available without copyright holders’ consent — Whether defendants themselves carrying out “act of communication” and therefore directly liable for infringement of copyright — Factors to be taken into account — Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29/EC, art 3(1)
(Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18); EU:C:2021:503; [2021] Bus LR 1196; [2021] WLR(D) 362, ECJ
EUROPEAN UNION — Information society — Service provider’s liability — Defendants’ operating platforms allowing users to make videos or files publicly available — Users making copyright-protected material available without copyright holders’ consent — Whether defendants within scope of provision exempting providers of information society service from liability — Parliament and Council Directive 2000/31/EC, art 14(1)
(Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18); EU:C:2021:503; [2021] Bus LR 1196; [2021] WLR(D) 362, ECJ
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