Global InformationGS Media v Sanoma information
| GS Media v Sanoma | |
|---|---|
 European Court of Justice | |
| Submitted 7 April 2015 Decided : 8 September 2016 | |
| Full case name | GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV, Playboy Enterprises International Inc., Britt Geertruida Dekker |
| Case | 160/15 |
| CelexID | 62015CN0160 |
| ECLI | ECLI:EU:C:2016:644 |
| Chamber | Second chamber |
| Language of proceedings | Dutch |
| Nationality of parties | Netherlands |
| Procedural history | Reference of the Supreme Court (Hoge Raad) of the Netherlands |
| Court composition | |
| Judge-Rapporteur M. Ilešič | |
| President C. Toader | |
Judges
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| Advocate General M. Wathelet | |
GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV and Others (C-160/15) is a case decided by the European Court of Justice.[1] The case regards a request for a Preliminary ruling by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands on whether hyperlinking to a public third-party website that contains work(s) published without the consent of the rightholder constitutes a "communication to the public" within the meaning of article 3 of the Copyright Directive.[2][3]
The case was decided on 8 September 2016, following the opinion of the Advocate General of 7 April 2016.[4] The Court decided that linking to freely available material placed on the internet without consent of the rights holder(s) constitutes a communication to the public (and thus possibly copyright infringement) if the person placing those links knew this consent was not given. If the link is placed "for profit" to infringing content, the linker is presumed to know about the lack of consent and thus presumed to make a communication to the public.[5]
- ^ GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV and others, ECLI:EU:C:2016:644 European Court of Justice (European Court of Justice 8 September 2016) ("request for a preliminary ruling").
- ^ "Case C-160/15, GS Media – Porn! Hyperlinked and Hyperleaked!". EU Law Radar.
- ^ GS Media BV v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV and others, ECLI:NL:HR:2015:841 rechtspraak.nl (Hoge Raad 3 April 2015).
- ^ Case C160/15, GS Media [1].
- ^ More: B. Oręziak, Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (Second Chamber) of 8 September 2016 in Case C 160/15 in the proceedings of GS Media v Sanoma Media Netherlands BV, Playboy Enterprises International Inc., Britt Geertruid Dekker, Comparative Law Review VOL 23 (http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/CLR/article/view/CLR.2017.011)