Court of Justice 17 March 2011, C-431/09 and C-432/09 (Airfield NV and Canal Digitaal BV v Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers CVBA (Sabam) (C-431/09) and Airfield NV v Agicoa Belgium BVBA (C-432/09).)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. In the joined cases which have been submitted to the Court, the hof van beroep te Brussel (Court of Appeal, Brussels) (Belgium) has referred for a preliminary ruling two questions concerning the interpretation of Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning