On 8 September 2016, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down judgment C-160/15 on the means of hyperlinking which caught quite some attention. It has become known as the GS Media decision. In essence, this CJEU...more
2/14/2017
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Creative Commons License ,
Digital Media ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Hyperlink ,
Public Communications ,
Third-Party ,
Website Owner Liability ,
Websites
On 7 February, negotiators for the European Parliament, Member States and the Commission agreed the proposal for a regulation on EU cross-border portability of online content services. This is the first agreement relating to...more
2/10/2017
/ Cross-Border ,
Digital Media ,
Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Member State ,
On-Demand Services ,
Online Platforms ,
Telecommunications ,
UK Parliament
The cases that deal with the meaning of “communication to the public” continue: in a current reference for a preliminary ruling, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) will have to decide whether the operators of websites that...more
2/9/2017
/ Advocate General ,
BitTorrent ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Electronic Communications ,
EU ,
File Sharing ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Metadata ,
Netherlands ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Piracy ,
Pirate Bay ,
Search Engines ,
Websites