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EU: Audiovisual Media Services Regulation and The ‘Newspaper Exception' (EU Law Analysis, link)

22 October 2015

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"As services have developed, however, the boundary between a ‘text-based’ newspaper and audiovisual has become blurred, as newspaper companies started to expand what was offered, specifically the inclusion of video sections on the newspaper site. Do such activities still really qualify for the ‘newspaper exception’? This contentious question arose in a reference from the Austrian courts in the New Media Online case, which the ECJ ruled on yesterday."

See the full text: Audiovisual Media Services Regulation and The ‘Newspaper Exception' (EU Law Analysis, link)

And see: Judgment (link)

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