library

2 case reports

12 Jul 2015

Case C-174/15, Vereniging Openbare Bibliotheken – ebooks via Dutch public libraries [judgment 2016, ECLI:EU:C:2016:856]

On 10 November 2016 the Court ruled (ECLI:EU:C:2016:856) that the public-lending exception can cover the lending of e-books on the one-copy-one-user model, digital lending being within the Rental and Lending Directive.

11 Jul 2013

Case C-117/13, Technische Universität Darmstadt – introducing modern EU copyright law [judgment 2014, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2196]

On 11 September 2014 the Court ruled (ECLI:EU:C:2014:2196) that Member States may permit libraries to digitise works in their collections in order to make them available at dedicated terminals, even where the publisher offers licence agreements.