Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte eV (GEMA) v GL (C-135/23)

Judgment of 20 Jun 2024

law://eu/cjeu/2023/c-135-23/para_29@2026-11-14

29By contrast, the Court has held, as regards the operators of a public house, a hotel, a spa establishment and a rehabilitation centre, that they perform an act of communication when they deliberately transmit protected works to their clientele, by intentionally distributing a signal through television or radio sets which they have installed in their establishment (see, inter alia, judgments of 7 December 2006, SGAE, C‑306/05, EU:C:2006:764, paragraph 46; of 4 October 2011, Football Association Premier League and Others, C‑403/08 and C‑429/08, EU:C:2011:631, paragraph 196; of 27 February 2014, OSA, C‑351/12, EU:C:2014:110, paragraph 26; and of 31 May 2016, Reha Training, C‑117/15, EU:C:2016:379, paragraphs 55 and 56).

Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte eV (GEMA) v GL (C-135/23)

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