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Nov 2, 2017 · Last year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that posting links to copyrighted materials in a for-profit scenario may infringe copyright even if the user linking the...
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Apr 28, 2016 · In a recent case, Advocate General Wathelet has opined that if copyright works put online without the rights holder’s consent are freely available on the internet through third-party websites with no restricted access, hyperlinks to those works are not an infringement of copyright.
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A string of European Court of Justice (CJEU) cases (including Svensson) establish that once a copyright holder has made their work freely available on the internet, third parties may link to it or frame it without the copyright holder’s permission. Previous cases also establish that permission is required if the link circumvents technical measures ...
In Sky v Reddit, Sky was successful in obtaining an interim interdict against a user who it alleged had made available hyperlinks to its Art Channel programmes on his Reddit platforms. As the Art Channel programmes were free to air, he argued (among other things) that he was free to link to them. However, the Court of Session (Lady Wolffe) disagree...
The case of Warner Music and Sony Music v TuneIninvolved internet radio aggregator TuneIn, which provided UK listeners with links to internet radio stations based both in the UK and elsewhere. Warner and Sony argued that TuneIn needed a licence from them in respect of music played via its service. TuneIn argued that it was free to link to the conte...
The question of when linking requires permission is a controversial issue the law on which is still developing both at the EU and the UK level. Both these UK cases bolster the copyright holder’s ability to control the practice of linking. The Sky case indicates that even a basic registration process may enable the copyright holder to oppose linking...
Sep 9, 2024 · While there is some uncertainty on this point, a recent case from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that inline linking does not directly infringe copyright because no copy is made on the site providing the link; the link is just HTML code pointing to the image or other material.
Jun 26, 2015 · It is possible that if the sole or primary purpose of your app is to facilitate copyright infringement - for instance, by linking to copyright-infringing material - you may be liable under local laws.
May 16, 2017 · The Court held that linking to web pages containing copyright works without the copyright holder’s consent would be a communication to the public if: 1. the person knew or ought to have known that the link provided access to a work illegally placed on the internet;
Jun 12, 2014 · There is an exception to copyright that permits people to use limited amounts of copyright material without the owner’s permission for the purpose of parody, caricature or pastiche.
