Case C-392/19

DECISION

Title: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 9 March 2021. VG Bild-Kunst v Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights in the information society – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) – Concept of ‘communication to the public’ – Embedding, in a third party’s website, of a copyright-protected work by means of the process of framing – Work freely accessible with the authorisation of the copyright holder on the licensee’s website – Clause in the exploitation agreement requiring the licensee to introduce effective technological measures against framing – Lawfulness – Fundamental rights – – Article 11 and Article 17(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Case C-392/19.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2021:181
Judge-Rapporteur: Ilešič
Type of procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Complementary documents:: Communication published in the Official Journal

Abstract

09/03/2021

Title: Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar delivered on 10 September 2020. VG Bild-Kunst v Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights in the information society – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) – Concept of ‘communication to the public’ – Embedding, in a third party’s website, of a copyright-protected work by means of the process of framing – Work freely accessible with the authorisation of the copyright holder on the licensee’s website – Clause in the exploitation agreement requiring the licensee to introduce effective technological measures against framing – Lawfulness – Fundamental rights – – Article 11 and Article 17(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Case C-392/19.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2020:696
Advocate General: Szpunar

10/09/2020

Title: Case C-392/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 21 May 2019 — VG Bild-Kunst v Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

12/08/2019