Monitoring References to the Court of Justice of the European Union
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On 14 June 2017 the Court ruled (ECLI:EU:C:2017:456) that the operators of The Pirate Bay themselves make a communication to the public by indexing and managing torrents of protected works, despite the content sitting on users' machines.
On 31 May 2016 the Grand Chamber ruled (ECLI:EU:C:2016:379) that the operator of a rehabilitation centre showing TV broadcasts on screens in its waiting and training rooms communicates works to the public and must pay the collecting societies — aligning…
On 8 September 2016 the Court ruled (ECLI:EU:C:2016:644) that posting a hyperlink to works published online without the rightholder's consent is a communication to the public where the poster knew or ought to have known of the illegality.