Resumen de Dutch Supreme Court rules on cable transmission
On 28 March 2014, the Dutch Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of NORMA and others v. NLKabel and others.
NORMA, a collective management organisation for neighbouring rights of performers, claimed that the cable operators, represented by NLKabel, needed permission from the performers to transmit the television programmes over cable to their subscribers. Pursuant to the Dutch Neighbouring Rights Act, the retransmission rights of performers in their performances are enforced by a collective management organisation. In the present case, NORMA acted on behalf of the performers
