Copyright owners need to authorise all retransmissions of TV broadcasts

The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has ruled that television broadcasters may prohibit the retransmission of their programmes by another company via the Internet.A website operator The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has ruled that television broadcasters may prohibit the retransmission of their programmes by another company via the Internet.

A website operator who intercepts and live-streams a TV broadcaster's signal on the Internet is "communicating the copyright works to the public", which must be authorised by the copyright owner.

ITV Broadcasting v TVCatchup (C-607/11)

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