The storage of content in the cloud falls within the scope of the private copying exception under the Directive (2001/29) on certain aspects of copyright and neighbouring rights in the information society, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday 24 March (Case C-433/20).
Austro-Mechana, the Austrian copyright collecting society, is challenging the decision of the Vienna Commercial Court rejecting its claim for payment of copyright remuneration under the private copying...