Advocate General: Distribution right in Copyright Directive includes t-shirts in storage away from store

Case C-572/17. Syed. Preliminary questions. Högsta domstolen (Sweden).

Preliminary questions in a procedure regarding the unauthorised sale of t-shirts with logo’s of rock bands and artists. The shirts were placed in the store itself as well as in a storage elsewhere.  The Swedish Surpreme courts questions whether the right to authorise or prohibit any form of distribution to the public by sale or otherwise - as mentioned in the Copyright Directive - includes the t-shirts in the storage. Advocate General  Campos Sánchez-Bordona is of the opinion that it does, claiming that storing the shirts is part of the actions that lead to selling them.

Read the opinion here (English version not available yet)