<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Eleonora Rosati</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eleonorarosati@gmail.com">eleonorarosati@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: 2012/11/26<br>Subject: [The IPKat] Is a clickable link a communication to the public? New case referred to the CJEU<br>To: <a href="mailto:ipkat_readers@googlegroups.com">ipkat_readers@googlegroups.com</a><br><br><br>
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<tr><td style="text-align:center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vNb9PFMHpbY/ULNuOje2WZI/AAAAAAAABj8/eFoVwvXBtqE/s1600/angry_wet_cat.jpg" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vNb9PFMHpbY/ULNuOje2WZI/AAAAAAAABj8/eFoVwvXBtqE/s200/angry_wet_cat.jpg" width="188"></a></td>
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<tr><td style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;font-size:small"><i>There are times when your <br>communications to the public <br>may not be the <br>most agreeable ones</i></span></td>
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<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">2012 will be most certainly remembered (although possibly together with other
things) for being the year when the Court of Justice of the European Union
(CJEU) either decided or received quite a few references concerning
the notion of communication to the public, as per Article 3(1) of Directive
2001/29/EC (the </span><a href="http://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Feur-lex.europa.eu%2FLexUriServ%2FLexUriServ.do%3Furi%3DOJ%3AL%3A2001%3A167%3A0010%3A0019%3AEN%3APDF&ei=f2ezUOyxOIeD4ATyh4HoCA&usg=AFQjCNHt_rppvD82U85GKf5shBKfRHm-Nw&sig2=cfp_4B_IzCVfqtYkgP3LKA" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">InfoSoc Directive</span></a><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">).</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">Following the pretty controversial decision in Joined Cases
C-403/08 and C-429/08 </span><i><a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=110361&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=doc&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=162798" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Murphy</span></a></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US">in October 2011 (noted </span><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.it/2011/10/more-competition-for-europes-football.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><a href="http://the1709blog.blogspot.it/2011/10/murphys-law-of-licensing.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US">), on 15 March last the Court delivered two judgments which
attempted to clarify the (still) obscure boundaries of the right in question. <u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">These were Case C-135/10 </span><a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=120443&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=526329" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Del Corso</span></i></a><span lang="EN-US"> (</span><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.it/2012/03/from-curia-to-caries-music-to-public-in.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US">) and Case C-162/10 </span><a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=120461&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=524262" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Phonographic Performance
(Ireland)</span></i></a><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US">(</span><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.it/2012/03/sound-of-music-court-of-justice-rules.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><a href="http://the1709blog.blogspot.it/2012/03/hotels-are-public-dentist-waiting-rooms.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US">), in which the Court held that, while communications by hotels to hotel
bedrooms are public, dentist waiting rooms are not.<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align:center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nrHkN-ZMMF4/ULNpCVm6psI/AAAAAAAABjQ/BVPTLyhtEgw/s1600/cat-licks-toothbrushc.JPG" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nrHkN-ZMMF4/ULNpCVm6psI/AAAAAAAABjQ/BVPTLyhtEgw/s200/cat-licks-toothbrushc.JPG" width="200"></a></td>
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<tr><td style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif"><i>No communication </i></span><i style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">to the </i></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><i style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">public </i><i style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">in dentist </i><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif"><i>waiting </i></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><i style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">rooms, </i><i style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">said the CJEU</i></span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif">Now the CJEU has </span></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">two further cases </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif">to decide</span></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">The first is Case C-607/11 </span><i><a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=119526&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=253423" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">ITV Broadcasting</span></a></i><span lang="EN-US">, a reference from the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division) (noted </span><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.it/2011/07/tv-catchup-case-goes-to-europe.html" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> and </span><a href="http://paidcontent.org/2011/11/22/419-tv-catchup-gets-court-victories-but-europe-will-have-final-say/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">here</span></a><span lang="EN-US">) seeking clarification, among the other things, as to whether rights
owners<span style="background:white"> can prohibit communication to the
public of their content via third-party internet stream if that content has
previously been authorised for communication via analogue means.</span><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-repeat:initial initial">The second is Case C-466/12 </span><span style="color:#333333;background-repeat:initial initial"><a href="http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=130286&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=255437" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Svensson</span></i></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-repeat:initial initial">, a reference from the Svea hovrätt (the Svea court of appeal is one
of the six appellate courts in the Swedish legal system) asking the CJEU to address the following questions:</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">If anyone other than the holder of copyright in a certain work supplies a
clickable link to the work on his website, does that constitute communication
to the public within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC ...? </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Is the assessment under question 1 affected if the work to which the link
refers is on a website on the Internet which can be accessed by anyone without
restrictions or if access is restricted in some way?</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">When making the assessment under question 1, should any distinction be
drawn between a case where the work, after the user has clicked on the link, is
shown on another website and one where the work, after the user has clicked on
the link, is shown in such a way as to give the impression that it is appearing
on the same website?</span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align:center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6swJjwU5LUg/ULNptUX5vQI/AAAAAAAABjY/EitaGPVjpL8/s1600/computer+cat.jpg" style="clear:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6swJjwU5LUg/ULNptUX5vQI/AAAAAAAABjY/EitaGPVjpL8/s200/computer+cat.jpg" width="200"></a></td>
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<tr><td style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;font-size:small">But what about clickable links?</span></i></td></tr>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif">Is it possible for a Member State to give wider protection to authors'
exclusive right by enabling 'communication to the public' to cover a greater
range of acts than provided for in Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC ...?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">As the case has just been referred, the UK Intellectual Property Office (</span><span style="color:#333333"><a href="http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pro-policy/policy-information/ecj/ecj-2012.htm" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">IPO</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US">) is
offering those interested the possibility to comment on it by 3 December 2012. If you wish to do
so, you can email your thoughts to </span><span style="color:#333333"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1155cc"><a href="mailto:policy@ipo.gsi.gov.uk" target="_blank">policy@ipo.gsi.gov.uk</a></span><span lang="EN-US">, </span></span><span lang="EN-US">stating whether you
think that the UK should intervene and some general points about how the questions should be answered.<u></u><u></u></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif">Merpel thinks that this reference is quite an important one. This is also in light of the pretty heated debates (<i>see </i><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.it/2011/07/bently-slams-very-disappointing-ruling.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://the1709blog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/browsing-and-linking-should-government.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://the1709blog.blogspot.it/2012/09/why-meltwater-case-wont-break-internet.html" target="_blank">here </a>...) which have arisen in the UK following the decision of the Court of Appeal in <a href="http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2011/890.html" style="font-style:italic" target="_blank">Meltwater</a> (the case is currently pending before the UK Supreme Court, which is expected to hear it sometime in early 2013).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS,sans-serif">Should any Swedish readers know something more about this case (<i>eg</i> factual background) could let the
IPKat know?</span></span></div>
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Posted By Eleonora Rosati to <a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2012/11/is-clickable-link-communication-to.html" target="_blank">The IPKat</a> on 11/26/2012 01:52:00 PM
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