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Document 62015CN0117
Case C-117/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 9 March 2015 — Reha Training Gesellschaft für Sport- und Unfallrehabilitation mbH v Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
Case C-117/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 9 March 2015 — Reha Training Gesellschaft für Sport- und Unfallrehabilitation mbH v Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
Case C-117/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 9 March 2015 — Reha Training Gesellschaft für Sport- und Unfallrehabilitation mbH v Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
OJ C 198, 15.6.2015, p. 17–18
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
15.6.2015 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 198/17 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Köln (Germany) lodged on 9 March 2015 — Reha Training Gesellschaft für Sport- und Unfallrehabilitation mbH v Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
(Case C-117/15)
(2015/C 198/23)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Landgericht Köln
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Reha Training Gesellschaft für Sport- und Unfallrehabilitation mbH
Defendant: Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (GEMA)
Questions referred
1. |
Is the question as to whether there is a ‘communication to the public’ within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29 (1) and/or within the meaning of Article 8(2) of Directive 2006/115 (2) always to be determined in accordance with the same criteria, namely that:
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2. |
In cases such as that in the main proceedings, in which the operator of a rehabilitation centre installs television sets on its premises, to which it transmits a broadcast signal and thus makes it possible for the television programmes to be viewed and heard, is the question whether there is a communication to the public to be assessed according to the concept of ‘communication to the public’ under Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29 or under Article 8(2) of Directive 2006/115 if the copyright and related rights of a wide range of persons concerned — in particular composers, songwriters and music publishers, but also performing artists, phonogram producers and authors of literary works as well as their publishing houses — are affected by the television programmes which have been made accessible? |
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In cases such as that in the main proceedings, in which the operator of a rehabilitation centre installs television sets on its premises, to which it transmits a broadcast signal and thus makes television programmes accessible to its patients, is there a ‘communication to the public’ pursuant to Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29 or pursuant to Article 8(2) of Directive 2006/115? |
4. |
If the existence of a communication to the public within this meaning is confirmed for cases such as that in the main proceedings, does the Court of Justice thereby uphold its case-law according to which no communication to the public takes place in the event of the radio broadcasting of protected phonograms to patients in a dental practice (see the judgment of 15 March 2012 in SCF, C-135/10) (3) or similar establishments? |
(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 2001 L 167, p. 10.
(2) Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, OJ 2006 L 376, p. 28.
(3) EU:C:2012:140.