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Copyright and related rights: satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
Copyright and related rights: satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
Copyright and related rights: satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
Copyright and related rights: satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
SUMMARY OF:
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE DIRECTIVE?
It aims to facilitate the licensing of copyright and related rights for satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission services in the EU’s single market, and thereby to improve the cross-border availability of radio and television programmes.
KEY POINTS
‘Country of origin’ principle for satellite broadcasting
Mandatory collective management of rights for cable retransmission
Evaluation
A European Commission staff working document evaluated the operation of the directive in 2016.
FROM WHEN DOES THE DIRECTIVE APPLY?
The directive has applied since 4 October 1993 and had to become law in the EU countries by 1995.
The revised definition of ‘cable retransmission’ has applied since 6 June 2019.
BACKGROUND
MAIN DOCUMENT
Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (OJ L 248, 6.10.1993, pp. 15-21)
Successive amendments to Directive 93/83/EEC have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, and amending Council Directive 93/83/EEC (OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, pp. 82-91)
Commission Staff Working Document: Evaluation of the Council Directive 93/83/EEC on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (SWD(2016) 308 final, 14.9.2016)
last update 07.11.2019