CJEU hands win to media outlets in Spiegel Online ruling

29-07-2019

Rory O'Neill

CJEU hands win to media outlets in Spiegel Online ruling

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that news outlets do not, “in principle”, need to seek authorisation for use of a copyright-protected work when reporting current events.


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