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|  | C/2024/3282 | 3.6.2024 |

Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 11 April 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München – Germany) – Citadines Betriebs GmbH v MPLC Deutschland GmbH

(Case C-723/22,
 [(1)](#ntr1-C_202403282EN.000101-E0001)
Citadines)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Intellectual property - Copyright and related rights - Directive 2001/29/EC - Article 3(1) - Communication to the public - Meaning - Provision of television sets in a hotel - Transmission of a signal by means of a coaxial cable distributor - Directive 93/83/EEC - Cable retransmission - Cable operators - Meaning - Licensing agreement with collective management organisations for cable retransmission - Retransmission of that signal by means of that hotel’s own cable distribution network)

(C/2024/3282)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberlandesgericht München

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Citadines Betriebs GmbH

Defendant: MPLC Deutschland GmbH

Operative part of the judgment

Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society

must be interpreted as meaning that the provision of television sets installed in the rooms or in the fitness area of a hotel, where a signal is also retransmitted to those sets by means of that hotel’s own cable distribution network, constitutes a ‘communication to the public’, within the meaning of that provision.

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3282/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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