19 November 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

Audiovisual broadcasts aren’t ‘phonograms’, CJEU rules

Music rights owners can’t use EU copyright law to claim compensation for the use of their work in “audiovisual works” such as TV broadcasts, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled.

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Audiovisual broadcasts aren’t ‘phonograms’, CJEU rules

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