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Document C2007/170/23

    Case C-240/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 16 May 2007 — Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH

    OJ C 170, 21.7.2007, p. 13–13 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    21.7.2007   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 170/13

    Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 16 May 2007 — Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH

    (Case C-240/07)

    (2007/C 170/23)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Bundesgerichtshof

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Appellant: Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH

    Respondent: Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH

    Questions referred

    1.

    Does the term of protection granted by Directive 2006/116/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (Directive 2006/116) under the conditions set out in Article 10(2) thereof apply also in the case of subject-matter that has not at any time been protected in the Member State in which protection is sought?

    2.

    If Question 1 is to be answered in the affirmative:

    (a)

    Do national provisions governing the protection of rightholders who are not Community nationals constitute national provisions within the meaning of Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116?

    (b)

    Does the term of protection granted pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116 also apply to subject-matter that, on the date specified in Article 10(1) of that directive, fulfilled the criteria set out in Council Directive 92/100/EEC (2) of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, but whose rightholder is not a Community national?

    (1)  OJ L 372, p. 12.

    (2)  OJ L 346, p. 61.

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