81Such a possibility is consistent with the legislative context of which that provision forms a part, since Directive 2001/29 concerns the legal protection of copyright in the framework of the internal market with particular emphasis on the information society, as set out in Article 1(1) thereof. As the Court has stated on several occasions, hyperlinks contribute to the sound operation of the internet, which is of particular importance to freedom of expression and of information, enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter, as well as to the exchange of opinions and information in that network characterised by the availability of incalculable amounts of information (judgments of 8 September 2016, GS Media, C‑160/15, EU:C:2016:644, paragraph 45, and of 7 August 2018, Renckhoff, C‑161/17, EU:C:2018:634, paragraph 40).
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