Hyperlinking Remains Legal in the EU - A Win for Internet Users and the Digital Economy

Brussels, February 13th, 2014 Today the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) handed down the long-awaited judgment in the Svensson case (Case C-466/12). The court was asked whether the provision of a hyperlink leading to copyright-protected works falls under copyright protection requiring the authorization of the rightholder.