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Padawan SL v Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) (C-467/08)
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Padawan SL v Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) (C-467/08)

Judgment of 21 Oct 2010law://eu/cjeu/2008/c-467-08/para_55@2026-11-11

55Those natural persons are rightly presumed to benefit fully from the making available of that equipment, that is to say that they are deemed to take full advantage of the functions associated with that equipment, including copying.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-467/08 · ECLI:EU:C:2010:620
Decided: 21 Oct 2010
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona (Spain)
Applicant: Padawan SL
Defendant: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE)
Rapporteur: J. Malenovský
Advocate General: V. Trstenjak
Bench: 5 judges
K. Lenaerts, D. Šváby, R. Silva de Lapuerta, E. Juhász, J. Malenovský
Language: Spanish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62008CJ0467

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Approximation of laws Copyright and related rights Freedom of establishment Freedom to provide services

History · 1 version

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Interprets 1: Directive 2001/29/EC2 provisions
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