sex

2 case reports

16 Jul 2015

Case C-316/15, Hemming – challenging the cost of a sex shop licence [judgment 2016, ECLI:EU:C:2016:879]

By judgment of 16 November 2016 (ECLI:EU:C:2016:879) the Court ruled, in the words of the operative part: “Article 13(2) of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal market must be…

15 Apr 2015

Case C-160/15, GS Media – Porn! Hyperlinked and Hyperleaked! [judgment 2016, ECLI:EU:C:2016:644]

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.