Judgment_paragraph 36 · Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique et de la danse (Spedidam) and Others v Institut national de l’audiovisuel (C-484/18)

36At the outset, it should be noted that the protection which those provisions confer on performers must be given a broad scope (see, by analogy, judgment of 16 November 2016, Soulier and Doke, C‑301/15, EU:C:2016:878, paragraph 30, and the case-law cited). As stated in recitals 21 and 24 of Directive 2001/29, it is appropriate, on the one hand, to give a broad definition to acts covered by the right of reproduction in order to ensure legal certainty within the internal market. On the other hand, the right to make protected subject matter available to the public, referred to in Article 3(2)(a) of that directive, must be understood as covering all acts of making such matter available to the public not present at the place where the act of making available originated.

Société de perception et de distribution des droits des artistes-interprètes de la musique et de la danse (Spedidam) and Others v Institut national de l’audiovisuel (C-484/18)

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