CELEX: 62018CA0484
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-484/18: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 November 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique et de la danse (Spedidam), PG, GF v Institut national de l’audiovisuel (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Copyright and related rights — Directive 2001/29/EC — Exclusive rights of performers — Article 2(b) — Reproduction right — Article 3(2)(a) — Making available to the public — Authorisation — Presumption — National scheme exempting a public institution responsible for the conservation and promotion of the national audiovisual heritage from the requirement to obtain the performer’s written consent for the exploitation of archives containing fixations of that performer’s performances)

13.1.2020   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 10/16
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 14 November 2019 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation — France) — Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique et de la danse (Spedidam), PG, GF v Institut national de l’audiovisuel
      (Case C-484/18) (1)
      
      (Reference for a preliminary ruling - Copyright and related rights - Directive 2001/29/EC - Exclusive rights of performers - Article 2(b) - Reproduction right - Article 3(2)(a) - Making available to the public - Authorisation - Presumption - National scheme exempting a public institution responsible for the conservation and promotion of the national audiovisual heritage from the requirement to obtain the performer’s written consent for the exploitation of archives containing fixations of that performer’s performances)
      (2020/C 10/18)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Referring court
      
      Cour de cassation
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicants: Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique et de la danse (Spedidam), PG, GF
      
         Defendant: Institut national de l’audiovisuel
      
         Interveners: Syndicat indépendant des artistes-interprètes (SIA-UNSA), Syndicat français des artistes-interprètes (CGT)
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      Article 2(b) and Article 3(2)(a) 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 not precluding national legislation which establishes, as regards the exploitation of audiovisual archives by a body set up for that purpose, a rebuttable presumption that the performer has authorised the fixation and exploitation of his performances, where that performer is involved in the recording of an audiovisual work so that it may be broadcast.
      
         (1)  OJ C 352, 1.10.2018.