Closing the Book on the Hyperlinks: A Brief Outline of the CJEU's Case Law and Proposal for European Legislative Reform

摘要

This Opinion briefly recalls the CJEU's case law on hyperlinks with particular emphasis on the most recent GS Media v Sanoma case. The article then specifies certain situations and problems where the results of this case law still seem unbalanced or impractical from the viewpoint of the author. Finally, the article suggests a proposal for targeted legislative reform of art. 3 of the InfoSoc Directive with respect to hyperlinks.