Ban on Retransmitting Television Programmes by Broadcasting Companies
GRP Rainer Lawyers Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Hanover, Bremen, Nuremberg, Essen and London www.grprainer.com/en explain: In its judgment of 7 March 2013 (Az.: C-607/11), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that broadcasters ought to be able to prohibit the retransmission of their programmes through live streaming over the internet. In the view of the ECJ, retransmission potentially concerns a communication to the public of protected works which require the permission of the creator....
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