Judgement of the Court of Justice of the EU: The hiring out of motor vehicles equipped with radio receivers does not constitute a communication to the public subject to payment of royalties
Date of article: 02/04/2020
Daily News of: 03/04/2020
Country: 
EUROPE
Author: Court of Justice of the European Union
Article language: en
Link to the complete press release: https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-04/cp200043en.pdf
Court of Justice of the European Union
PRESS RELEASE No 43/20
Luxembourg, 2 April 2020
Judgment in Case C-753/18
Föreningen Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå u.p.a. (Stim) and Svenska artisters och musikers intresseorganisation ek. för. (SAMI) v Fleetmanager Sweden AB and Nordisk Biluthyrning AB
The hiring out of motor vehicles equipped with radio receivers does not constitute a communication to the public subject to payment of royalties
Föreningen Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå u.p.a. (‘Stim’) is the Swedish organisation which collectively manages copyright in music and Svenska artisters och musikers intresseorganisation ek. för. (‘SAMI’) is the Swedish organisation managing the related rights of performers. The companies Fleetmanager Sweden AB (‘Fleetmanager’) and Nordisk Biluthyrning AB (‘NB’) are motor vehicle rental companies established in Sweden. They offer, directly or through intermediaries, hired vehicles equipped with radio receivers, in particular for periods not exceeding 29 days, which is regarded under national law as a short-term hire.
Stim