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Inside Privacy
CJEU Receives Questions on Copyright Rules Applying to AI Chatbot
By Fredericka Argent, Sam Jungyun Choi, Madelaine Harrington
On April 3, 2025, the Budapest District Court made a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) relating to the application of…
Inside Global Tech
CJEU Receives Questions on Copyright Rules Applying to AI Chatbot
By Fredericka Argent, Sam Jungyun Choi, Madelaine Harrington
On April 3, 2025, the Budapest District Court made a request for a preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) relating to the application of…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Tom Kabinet: CJEU rules resale of e-books requires permission of copyright holder
By Benjamino Blok, Samantha Brinkhuis
The CJEU in its Tom Kabinet judgment has ruled that the supply of e-books qualifies as "an act of communication to the public" under the InfoSoc Directive instead of "a…
Technology Law Dispatch
CJEU decides on re-posting of protected content
By Sven Schonhofen, Ramona Kimmich, Dr. Alexander Hardinghaus
On 7 August 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has released another judgment (surprisingly its first copyright judgment of 2018) on the interpretation of the right…
Media Law Prof Blog
Rosati on The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and Its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms @eLAWnora
Eleonora Rosati, University of Southampton School of Law, is publishing The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and Its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms in the European Intellectual Property Review.…
Global Media and Communications Watch
CJEU rules on sale of multimedia players with add-ons to illegal streaming websites
By Nils Rauer, Penny Thornton, Eva Vonau
There is no end in sight regarding CJEU decisions on the meaning of “communication to the public“. On 26 April 2017, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruled (C-527/15 –…
LimeGreenIP News
CJEU: Hard blow for Italian copyright levies system and the Italian collecting society (SIAE)
By Luigi Mansani, Giovanni Ghirardi, Federico Fusco, Marta Simoni
On 22 September 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") issued a landmark decision in case C-110/15, regarding the Italian private copy exception and the related copyright…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
EU – When will hyperlinks be unlawful?
Following the uncertainty created by earlier rulings, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down another judgment on when hyperlinking will be unlawful. The ruling focuses…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
Europe – When is hyperlinking lawful?
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court, has been advised to rule that providing hyperlinks to freely accessible copyright protected content placed on the internet…
Global Media and Communications Watch
UK High Court holds government’s introduction of a private copying exception was unlawful
On 19 June 2015, Green J handed down his judgment in British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills. The case involved…