16As regards, in the first place, the question whether the saving of copies in a cloud storage space constitutes a ‘reproduction’, for the purposes of Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29, it should be noted that the concept of ‘reproduction’ must be construed broadly, in the light both of the requirement expressed in recital 21 of that directive that the acts covered by the reproduction right are to benefit from a broad definition in order to ensure legal certainty within the internal market, and of the wording of Article 2 of that directive, which uses expressions such as ‘direct or indirect’, ‘temporary or permanent’, ‘by any means’ and ‘in any form’. In addition, the scope of such protection of the acts covered by the reproduction right also follows from the main objective of that directive, which is to introduce a high level of protection, in particular for authors (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 July 2009, Infopaq International, C‑5/08, EU:C:2009:465, paragraphs 40 to 43).
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