Court of Justice, First Chamber

23 November 2023, Case C‑260/22

(Seven.One Entertainment Group GmbH v Corint Media GmbH)

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 2(e) – Broadcasting organisations – Reproduction right of fixations of broadcasts – Article 5(2)(b) – Private copying exception – Fair compensation – Harm to broadcasting organisations – Equal treatment – National legislation excluding broadcasting organisations from the right to fair compensation

Article 5(2)(b) of 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

must be interpreted as precluding national legislation which excludes broadcasting organisations, whose fixations of broadcasts are reproduced by natural persons for private use and for non-commercial ends, from the right to the fair compensation provided for in that provision, in so far as those organisations suffer potential harm which cannot be classified as ‘minimal’.

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