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Kat-awards day! With the holidays on us and end of the year quickly approaching, it seems about time to think of what has been and what will be next in the constantly exciting world of copyright. Over the past three years  [ here ,  here ,  here ] , I have reviewed  [in a completely arbitrary and EU-obsessed fashion, of course]  the copyright year, and award a number of  [symbolic]  prizes to the most relevant developments occurred during that year.  Once again, it seems that in 2016 Europe has been a never-a-dull-moment kind of place copyright-wise, with a couple of notable exceptions. So here we go: Most important copyright decision " GS Media ,  for sure!" many would say. Although the latest instalment  [Katposts  here ]  from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in its own linking&copyright saga is an important one with significant implications, it does not get the prize.  The ...