28.9.2015
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 320/14
Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 July 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação de Coimbra — Portugal) — Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores CRL v Ministério Público, Carlos Manuel Prata Pereira Sá Meneses, Sandra Carla Ferreira Cardoso, Douros Bar Lda
(Case C-151/15) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Copyright and related rights in the information society - Directive 2001/29/EC - Article 3(1) - Concept of ‘communication to the public’ - Broadcasting of works in a café-restaurant by means of a radio apparatus connected to loudspeakers))
(2015/C 320/20)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Referring court
Tribunal da Relação de Coimbra
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores CRL
Defendants: Ministério Público, Carlos Manuel Prata Pereira Sá Meneses, Sandra Carla Ferreira Cardoso, Douros Bar Lda
Operative part of the order
The concept of ‘communication to the public’ within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society must be interpreted as meaning that it covers the transmission, by operators of a café-restaurant, of musico-literary works broadcast by a radio broadcasting station, by means of a radio apparatus connected to loudspeakers and/or amplifiers, to the customers present in that establishment.
(1) OJ C 205, 22.6.2015.
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