EJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual and industrial property rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Copyright and related rights – Articles 2 and 3 – Rights of reproduction and communication to the public – Scope – ‘Out-of-print’ books which are not or no longer published – National legislation giving a collecting society rights to exploit out-of-print books for commercial purposes – Legal presumption of the authors’ consent – Lack of a mechanism ensuring authors are actually and individually informed
[2016] EUECJ C-301/15, ECLI:EU:C:2016:878
Bailii
Directive 2001/29/EC
European
Intellectual Property
Updated: 26 January 2022; Ref: scu.571776