Judgment of the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam of 4 May 2010 (Koelewijn c.s./SENA)
The Neighbouring Rights Act (NRA) inter alia grants rights to performing artists and phonogram producers (for instance record companies) with regard to the exploitation – in brief: publication and reproduction – of their performances and phonograms, respectively (read: the first recording of sounds/music). With regard to a publication of a phonogram that has been released for commercial purposes, or a reproduction thereof, for instance playing a Madonna CD [Read more…] about Amsterdam Court of Appeal: sound producers do not have neighbouring rights