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CJEU Case C-351/12, OSA
Gantner, Filip ; Žikovská, Petra (advisor) ; Wünschová Pujmanová, Alexandra (referee)
1 Abstract Title: CJEU Case C-351/12, OSA The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C-351/12, OSA, beginning with the reference for a preliminary ruling from the Regional Court in Pilsen until the judgment of the CJEU. In case C-351/12, OSA, the CJEU was asked to answer the following three questions: (i) if it is in compliance with the EU law to apply the exception stated in Section 23(3) of the Czech Copyright Act also to the spa facilities which are thus not obliged to pay royalties for performing the broadcast in its bedrooms; (ii) if there is a possibility to rely on a directive in a dispute between individuals; (iii) if the monopoly for single (monopoly) copyright collecting society is acceptable from the perspective of EU law and whether the monopoly copyright society does abuse its dominant position. The introduction shortly presents the chosen subject and the structure of the thesis. Chapter one is dedicated to the facts of the dispute in the main proceedings and introduces the issue and legal argumentation of both parties to the main proceedings. Chapter two examines the first referred question by summarizing relevant provisions of Czech, European and international law, historical development of different versions of the...
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