Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2011:772
Date: 2011-11-24
Language of the case: Romanian
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Right of establishment;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property;Approximation of laws;Freedom to provide services;Copyright and related rights
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Romania

Summary of the Judgment Approximation of laws – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29 – Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society – Communication to the public – Meaning (European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29, Art. 3(1)) Directive 2001/29 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society and, more specifically, Article 3(1) thereof, must be interpreted as referring only to communication to a public which is not present at the place where the communication originates, to the exclusion of any communication of a work which is carried out directly in a place open to the public using any means of public performance or direct presentation of the work. (see para. 41, operative part)