I imagine what I want to write in my case, I write it in the search engine and I get exactly what I wanted. Thank you!
Valentina R., lawyer
2013/C 260/50
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd
Defendant: The Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others
In circumstances where:
(i)an end-user views a web-page without downloading, printing or otherwise setting out to make a copy of it;
(ii)copies of that web-page are automatically made on screen and in the internet ‘cache’ on the end-user’s hard disk;
(iii)the creation of those copies is indispensable to the technical processes involved in correct and efficient internet browsing;
(iv)the screen copy remains on screen until the end-user moves away from the relevant web-page, when it is automatically deleted by the normal operation of the computer;
(v)the cached copy remains in the cache until it is overwritten by other material as the end-user views further web-pages, when it is automatically deleted by the normal operation of the computer; and
(vi)the copies are retained for no longer than the ordinary processes associated with internet use referred to at (iv) and (v) above continue;
Are such copies (i) temporary, (ii) transient or incidental and (iii) an integral and essential part of the technological process within the meaning of Article 5(1) of Directive 2001/29/EC?
* Language of the case: English.
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
OJ L 167, p. 10