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Document C2006/331/04
Case C-306/05: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 December 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Spain) — Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) v Rafael Hoteles SA (Copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 3 — Concept of communication to the public — Works communicated by means of television sets installed in hotel rooms)
Case C-306/05: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 December 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Spain) — Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) v Rafael Hoteles SA (Copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 3 — Concept of communication to the public — Works communicated by means of television sets installed in hotel rooms)
Case C-306/05: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 December 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Spain) — Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) v Rafael Hoteles SA (Copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Article 3 — Concept of communication to the public — Works communicated by means of television sets installed in hotel rooms)
SL C 331, 30.12.2006, p. 3–3
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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30.12.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 331/3 |
Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 7 December 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Spain) — Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) v Rafael Hoteles SA
(Case C-306/05) (1)
(Copyright and related rights in the information society - Directive 2001/29/EC - Article 3 - Concept of communication to the public - Works communicated by means of television sets installed in hotel rooms)
(2006/C 331/04)
Language of the case: Spanish
Referring court
Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE)
Defendant: Rafael Hoteles SA
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona — Interpretation of Directive 2001/29/EEC 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, page 10) — Meaning of ‘act of communication to the public’ (Article 3 of the directive) — Meaning of ‘strictly domestic location’ — Works made available on television sets installed in hotel rooms
Operative part of the judgment
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While the mere provision of physical facilities does not as such amount to communication within the meaning of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of copyright and related rights in the information society, the distribution of a signal by means of television sets by a hotel to customers staying in its rooms, whatever technique is used to transmit the signal, constitutes communication to the public within the meaning of Article 3(1) of that directive. |
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The private nature of hotel rooms does not preclude the communication of a work by means of television sets from constituting communication to the public within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29. |