Prejudiciële vragen over auteursrechtinbreuk bij gebruik onbeschermd wifi-netwerk door derde

Zaak C-484/14: McFadden. Prejudiciële vragen Landgericht München I - Duitsland

Auteursrecht. "A request for a preliminary ruling in a case which concerns the liability of copyright infringement where the infringement may have been committed by a third party accessing the defendants unprotected wireless network."

Prejudiciële vragen: "1. Is the first half-sentence of Article 12(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce'), in conjunction with Article 2(a) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce'), in conjunction with Article 1 point 2 of Directive 98/34/EC as amended by Directive 98/48/EC, to be interpreted as meaning that 'normally provided for remuneration' means that the national court must establish whether a. the person specifically concerned, who claims the status of service provider, normally provides this specific service for remuneration, or b. there are on the market any providers at all who provide this service or similar services for remuneration, or c. the majority of these or similar services are provided for remuneration?

2. Is the first half-sentence of Article 12(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce') to be interpreted as meaning that 'provision of access to a communication network' means that the only criterion for provision in conformity with the Directive is that access to a communication network (for example, the internet) should be successfully provided?

3. Is the first half-sentence of Article 12(1) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce'), in conjunction with Article 2(b) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the...