Resumen de Czech Republic: : Radio listening for personal use in a shop is no violation of copyright
On 15 April 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that listening to the radio by the shop assistant in a shop does not violate the Copyright Act.
When a shop assistant in a store listens to his own radio, the shop owner does not have to pay fees to the collective rights management. Thus, the Constitutional Court upheld the complaint of the owner of a bike-shop. According to the earlier decision of the Regional Court in Hradec Králové, the shop owner should pay a fee to the Collecting society of sound engineers (OAZA) for the reproduction of music in his store. The complainant refused to pay because the shop assistant listened to the music at work only for personal use.
