# C_2022418EN.01001201.xml

| 31.10.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 418/12 |
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31.10.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 418/12

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrchní soud v Praze (Czech Republic) lodged on 14 July 2022 — Česká národní skupina Mezinárodní federace hudebního průmyslu, z. s. v I&Q GROUP, spol. s r.o., Hellspy SE

(Case C-470/22)

(2022/C 418/15)

Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Vrchní soud v Praze

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Česká národní skupina Mezinárodní federace hudebního průmyslu, z. s.

Defendants: I&Q GROUP, spol. s r.o., Hellspy SE

Questions referred

| 1. | Does the spirit and purpose of Directive 2000/31/EC (1) preclude Article 14(1) thereof from being interpreted as meaning that the liability of a provider of an information gathering (hosting) service for the contents of such service includes liability for the manner in which such service is provided? |
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Does the spirit and purpose of Directive 2000/31/EC (1) preclude Article 14(1) thereof from being interpreted as meaning that the liability of a provider of an information gathering (hosting) service for the contents of such service includes liability for the manner in which such service is provided?

| 2. | Does the spirit and purpose of Directive 2000/31/EC allow for Article 14(1) thereof to be interpreted as meaning that the rules for limiting the liability of a provider of an information gathering (hosting) service set out therein cannot exclude the private-law liability of such a provider for the choice of a particular business model for the provision of the service, even if that model has the potential to benefit from copyright infringement? |
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Does the spirit and purpose of Directive 2000/31/EC allow for Article 14(1) thereof to be interpreted as meaning that the rules for limiting the liability of a provider of an information gathering (hosting) service set out therein cannot exclude the private-law liability of such a provider for the choice of a particular business model for the provision of the service, even if that model has the potential to benefit from copyright infringement?

| 3. | Does the liability waiver set out in Article 14(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC apply to the provider of an information gathering service, and selection from it by means of a search engine, in terms of liability for the manner of its provision, if that manner encourages the service recipient to store the information on it without the consent of the copyright holders, but without the active participation of the service provider in the copyright infringement? |
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Does the liability waiver set out in Article 14(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC apply to the provider of an information gathering service, and selection from it by means of a search engine, in terms of liability for the manner of its provision, if that manner encourages the service recipient to store the information on it without the consent of the copyright holders, but without the active participation of the service provider in the copyright infringement?

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(1)  Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (‘Directive on electronic commerce’) (OJ 2000 L 178, p. 1).

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