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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11808

15 June 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 39
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Digital
Site operators make protected works available in 'bit torrents' without right holders' consent and in breach of copyright
Brussels, 14/06/2017 (Agence Europe)

Making available a “Bit Torrent” based management platform on which users can go online and share or download protected works, should be considered as “an act of communication” to the public for protected works under the terms of the Copyright directive (2001/29/EC). These platforms can therefore be considered as a breach of copyright if the works are exchanged without the consent of the rights holders. Even if the works in question are put on-line by the platform users, their...

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