CJEU, Painer, C-145/10

Expediente y fuentes

Nombre

CJEU, Painer, C-145/10

Cita

CJEU, Painer, C-145/10

Tribunal

Court of Justice of the European Union

Instancia

tribunal supranacional

Fechas

Decisión

2011-12-01

Estado

resuelto-firmeza-no-verificada

Resultado

Preliminary ruling stated the harmonized EU originality standard for photographs.

Resumen

Originality exists where the author expresses creative abilities through free and creative choices and stamps the work with a personal touch.

Antecedentes

A portrait photographer challenged unauthorized press uses of her photograph in litigation that required the Court to explain the originality of portrait photography.

Historia procesal

The Austrian referring court asked the CJEU for a preliminary ruling on copyright protection and limitations under EU directives.

Cuestión jurídica

When a photograph is the author's own intellectual creation and what creative choices can support originality.

Criterio

Originality exists where the author expresses creative abilities through free and creative choices and stamps the work with a personal touch.

Fundamento decisivo

Choices may occur in preparation, background and pose, lighting, framing, angle, atmosphere and later development; the protected expression reflects those choices.

Límites

No GenAI system or autonomous output was before the Court; the ruling supplies the human-choice standard but does not predetermine prompts or model control.

Relevancia

doctrina-general

Referencias relacionadas

Peso del precedente

binding CJEU preliminary ruling on harmonized EU copyright law Integración/votación: Grand Chamber judgment; no separate votes published in the official judgment.

Fuente

Referencia

CJEU, Painer, C-145/10

Enlace

Consultar fuente

Autoridad

Court of Justice of the European Union

Tipo

binding EU originality authority; supranational, not a national Cyprus precedent

Localizador

paras. 87-94

Verificación documentada

Sí