Judgement of the Court (Fourth Chamber) 13th February 2014

Title: Judgement of the Court (Fourth Chamber) 13th February 2014
Date: 13 Feb 2014
Link: http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=147847&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=60388

Publisher: Court of Justice of the European Union
Category: International Legislation
Subject: Intellectual Property; Digital Economy
Inactive: No
Description: This ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union finds that publishing links to or embedding publically accessible content does not constitute a breach of copyright. The case was referred to the Court by the Swedish Court of Appeal, following a case brought by journalists working for the paper Göteborgs-Posten, against a content aggregation service, Retriever Sverige. The claimants based their case on the fact that Retriever Sverige had made use of their work without their permission by making it available to its clients. Retriever Sverige contended that provision of lists of Internet links to works communicated to the public on other websites does not constitute an act liable to affect the copyright in those works.

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