EU's Top Court Hears Landmark Streaming Royalties Case

The Court of Justice of the EU's Grand Chamber heard a two-day hearing in Case C-663/24, referred by Belgium's Constitutional Court, testing whether Belgian rules granting authors and performers extra "fair remuneration" rights over streaming platforms comply with EU copyright law. Google, Meta, Spotify, Sony and Belgian streamer Streamz are challenging the mechanism, and a ruling could reset content-cost obligations for streaming services across the EU.

Key takeaway: A ruling against the platforms would give creators a new, EU-wide remuneration lever over streaming services, directly affecting the cost base every VaaS operator's customers build their content budgets around.

Source: https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2_5085/en/main-navigation