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Document 62013CN0360
Case C-360/13: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Supreme Court of the United Kingdom made on 27 June 2013 — Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others
Case C-360/13: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Supreme Court of the United Kingdom made on 27 June 2013 — Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others
Case C-360/13: Reference for a preliminary ruling from Supreme Court of the United Kingdom made on 27 June 2013 — Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others
OJ C 260, 7.9.2013, p. 28–28
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ C 260, 7.9.2013, p. 21–21
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7.9.2013 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 260/28 |
Reference for a preliminary ruling from Supreme Court of the United Kingdom made on 27 June 2013 — Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others
(Case C-360/13)
2013/C 260/50
Language of the case: English
Referring court
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd
Defendant: The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others
Questions referred
In circumstances where:
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an end-user views a web-page without downloading, printing or otherwise setting out to make a copy of it; |
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copies of that web-page are automatically made on screen and in the internet ‘cache’ on the end-user’s hard disk; |
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the creation of those copies is indispensable to the technical processes involved in correct and efficient internet browsing; |
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the screen copy remains on screen until the end-user moves away from the relevant web-page, when it is automatically deleted by the normal operation of the computer; |
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the cached copy remains in the cache until it is overwritten by other material as the end-user views further web-pages, when it is automatically deleted by the normal operation of the computer; and |
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the copies are retained for no longer than the ordinary processes associated with internet use referred to at (iv) and (v) above continue; |
Are such copies (i) temporary, (ii) transient or incidental and (iii) an integral and essential part of the technological process within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC (1)?
(1) 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
OJ L 167, p. 10