Resumen de Court of Justice of the European Union: : Advocate General’s opinion on private copying compensation and general state budgets
On 19 January 2016, Advocate General Szpunar delivered his opinion in Case C-470/14, EGEDA v. Administración del Estado, which was a reference from the Spanish Supreme Court seeking a preliminary ruling on questions relating to Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29 (the “InfoSoc Directive”).
Article 5(2)(b) provides that member states may provide for exceptions or limitations to the reproduction right “in respect of reproductions on any medium made by a natural person for private use and for ends that are neither directly nor indirectly commercial, on condition that the rightholders receive fair compensation”
