CELEX: 62015CA0275
Language: en
Date: 2017-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Case C-275/15: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 1 March 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) — United Kingdom) — ITV Broadcasting Limited, ITV2 Limited, ITV Digital Channels Limited, Channel Four Television Corporation, 4 Ventures Limited, Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, ITV Studios Limited v TVCatchup Limited, TVCatchup (UK) Limited, Media Resources Limited (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2001/29/EC — Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society — Article 9 — Access to cable of broadcasting services — Concept of ‘cable’ — Retransmission of broadcasts of commercial television broadcasters by a third party via the internet — ‘Live streaming’)

18.4.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 121/3
            
         Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 1 March 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) — United Kingdom) — ITV Broadcasting Limited, ITV2 Limited, ITV Digital Channels Limited, Channel Four Television Corporation, 4 Ventures Limited, Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, ITV Studios Limited v TVCatchup Limited, TVCatchup (UK) Limited, Media Resources Limited
   (Case C-275/15) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2001/29/EC - Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society - Article 9 - Access to cable of broadcasting services - Concept of ‘cable’ - Retransmission of broadcasts of commercial television broadcasters by a third party via the internet - ‘Live streaming’))
   (2017/C 121/03)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Referring court
   
   Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellants: ITV Broadcasting Limited, ITV2 Limited, ITV Digital Channels Limited, Channel Four Television Corporation, 4 Ventures Limited, Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, ITV Studios Limited
   
      Respondents: TVCatchup Limited, TVCatchup (UK) Limited, Media Resources Limited
   
      Interveners: The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Virgin Media Limited
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 9 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, and specifically the concept of ‘access to cable of broadcasting services’, must be interpreted as not covering, and not permitting, national legislation which provides that copyright is not infringed in the case of the immediate retransmission by cable, including, where relevant, via the internet, in the area of initial broadcast, of works broadcast on television channels subject to public service obligations.
   
      (1)  OJ C 279, 24.8.2015.