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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11003
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COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) copyright

Directive only provides protection against illegal use

Brussels, 23/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - “Circumventing a protection system of a games console may, in certain circumstances, be lawful”, said the European Court of Justice in a ruling in case C-355/12 on Thursday 23 January, pointing out that “the manufacturer of the console is protected against that circumvention only in the case where the protection measures seek to prevent illegal use of videogames”.

A court in Milan is hearing a dispute between the manufacturer of video game...

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