Internet Surfing and Copyright

European Court of Justice C-360/13

The European Court of Justice decided that the copies of internet sites created on the screen and in the cache of an end-user's computer, when the latter surfs the internet, are transient and an integral part of a technical process within the scope of Article 5 section 1 of EU directive 2001/29/EC.  The creation of those copies therefore does not require the consent of the owner of the copyright in those websites.