In the weekend of 2 June 2012 De Telegraaf had a supplement with
the program information for one week. It was announced in the
newspaper that this supplement would be included in De Telegraaf
throughout the 2012 European Football Championship. On 13 June
2012, the Court in preliminary relief proceedings rendered a
judgment in the proceedings initiated in this regard by 'the
broadcasters' NPO (representative of the public broadcasters),
and the commercial broadcasters SBS and RTL.
For years, the broadcasters have had a monopoly on the program
information, based on the so-called copyright protection of
non-original writings and on provisions in the Media Act. Already
since the 1960's, program information has been the subject of
much litigation. To date, it has always been ruled that the
broadcasters may successfully invoke the protection of non-original
writings (a kind of light copyright) with respect to the
copying of program information. Unlike in the case of
