This is the new MLex platform. Existing customers should continue to use the existing MLex platform until migrated.
For any queries, please contact Customer Services or your Account Manager. Dismiss

Czech collecting society’s hotel-TV royalties aren’t dominance abuse, court opinion says

( June 5, 2025, 09:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A failure by a collective management society to consider the actual occupancy rate of hotels — when setting the amount of the royalties collected for the provision of a license to make copyright-protected works available through TVs and radios in hotel rooms — is not enough to to find dominance abuse, a legal opinion for the EU's highest court said today. Today's non-binding opinion, prepared by Advocate General Maciej Szpunar, comes as part of referral made by the Brno Regional Court in a dispute over a fine imposed on OSA — a Czech collective-rights manager — in relation to royalties demanded for TVs in hotels.The Advocate Opinion is attached. Case reference is C-161/24. ...

Prepare for tomorrow’s regulatory change, today

MLex identifies risk to business wherever it emerges, with specialist reporters across the globe providing exclusive news and deep-dive analysis on the proposals, probes, enforcement actions and rulings that matter to your organization and clients, now and in the longer term.


Know what others in the room don’t, with features including:

  • Daily newsletters for Antitrust, M&A, Trade, Data Privacy & Security, Technology, AI and more
  • Custom alerts on specific filters including geographies, industries, topics and companies to suit your practice needs
  • Predictive analysis from expert journalists across North America, the UK and Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific
  • Curated case files bringing together news, analysis and source documents in a single timeline

Experience MLex today with a 14-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

Already a subscriber? Click here to login

Documents

Related Sections