Request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien (Austria) lodged on 7 March 2016 — Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger Reg. Gen. mbH (AKM) v Zürs.net Betriebs GmbH

(Case C-138/16)

(2016/C 222/02)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Handelsgericht Wien

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Staatlich genehmigte Gesellschaft der Autoren, Komponisten und Musikverleger Reg. Gen. mbH (AKM)

Defendant: Zürs.net Betriebs GmbH

Question referred

Are Article 3(1) or Article 5 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 (1) and Article 11bis (1)(ii) of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, as revised in Stockholm/Paris in 1967/1971, to be interpreted as meaning that a rule according to which the transmission of broadcasts by ‘communal antenna installations’ such as those of the defendant in the main proceedings

(a)	does not constitute a new broadcast when no more than 500 participants are connected to the installation and/or

(b)	constitutes part of the original broadcast when it involves the simultaneous, full and unaltered transmission of broadcasts of the Österreichischer Rundfunk (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) using services within the country (Austria),

and these uses are also not covered by any other exclusive right of communication to the public at a distance within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC, and are therefore not subject to the author’s consent and are also not subject to a fee,

is contrary to EU law or to the law of the Berne Convention as an international agreement which forms part of EU law?

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(1)  OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10.