63As the Court has previously held, the concept of ‘communication to the public’, within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Copyright Directive, should, as is underlined by recital 23 of that directive, be understood in a broad sense, covering all communication to the public not present at the place where the communication originates and, thus, any such transmission or retransmission of a work to the public by wire or wireless means, including broadcasting. It is, indeed, clear from recitals 4, 9 and 10 of that directive that the principal objective of that directive is to establish a high level of protection of authors, allowing them to obtain an appropriate reward for the use of their work, including when a communication to the public takes place (judgment of 9 March 2021, VG Bild-Kunst, C‑392/19, EU:C:2021:181, paragraphs 26 and 27).
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