The right to family life must not be interpreted in such a way as to deprive rights-holders of any real possibility of protecting their copyright, said Advocate General Maciej Szpunar, in conclusions returned on Wednesday 6 June (C-149/70).
In 2010, an audiobook was shared, via the computer of a Mr Strotzer, with an unlimited number of users of an Internet sharing platform (peer-to-peer). The copyright owner took legal action in Germany to obtain damages.
Strotzer denied having breached the...