Exceptions to public lending rights and authors' remuneration: the ECJ in Vewa v Belgium

The ECJ interpreted Article 6(1) of Directive 2006/115, which allows Member States to derogate from the exclusive rights provided in respect of ‘public lending’, provided that authors receive a remuneration, holding that such remuneration cannot be purely symbolic and must be determined on the basis of the number of both the works made available and of the users of the public establishment suitable for the lending.