European Union: Lawsuit on online publication of Anne Frank's diary manuscripts and territorial copyright (Case C-788/24, Anne Frank Fonds)
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Court of Justice ruled effective geo-blocking prevents a communication to public and VPN circumvention alone does not establish publisher liability (Case C-788/24, Anne Frank Fonds)
On 9 July 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment concerning the dispute over the online publication of Anne Frank's diary manuscripts on a website that remains copyrighted in the Netherlands until 2037 but is …
Advocate General issued opinion on effective geo-blocking and communication to public under Copyright Directive (Case C-788/24, Anne Frank Fonds)
On 15 January 2026, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered an opinion in proceedings between Anne Frank Fonds and Anne Frank Stichting, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Ass…
Supreme Court submitted request for preliminary ruling to Court of Justice of the European Union on communication to the public and geo-blocking under the Copyright Directive
On 14 November 2024, the Supreme Court lodged a request for a preliminary ruling with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), addressing 3 questions regarding the interpretation of Article 3(1) of the InfoSoc Directive (No. 2001/29/EC) (C…