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Intellectual property: term of protection of copyright and related rights

2008/0157(COD)·6th term·CULT / IMCO / ITRE / JURI·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Intellectual property, copyright
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): CROWLEY Brian (UEN)
Summary

This dossier concerns the term of protection of copyright and related rights. The amendments debate extending protection for fixations of performances and phonograms beyond the existing 50 years, with proposals reaching 95 years, address performers, phonogram producers, film producers and broadcasters, an impact assessment of the audiovisual sector, transitional measures such as a fund for performers and reversion of rights, and reference Directive 2006/116/EC; some would reject the Commission proposal.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    12 Nov 2008 – 9 Dec 2008
  2. Procedure completed
190
Amendments
distinct, in window
39
Members
tabled at least one
4
Committee(s)
12 Nov 2008 – 9 Dec 2008
Dates

Official amendment documents

PE415.211 ↗PE415.318 ↗PE416.316 ↗PE416.322 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

39 Members · by amendment count
1🇫🇷
Jacques TOUBON
PPE-DE · France
26(18 solo)
2🇬🇧
Sharon BOWLES
ALDE · United Kingdom
21(21 solo)
3🇪🇸
David HAMMERSTEIN
Greens / EFA · Spain
14(14 solo)
4🇷🇴
Renate WEBER
ALDE · Romania
11(11 solo)
5🇬🇷
Emmanouil ANGELAKAS
PPE-DE · Greece
10(1 solo)
6🇬🇧
Malcolm HARBOUR
European Conservatives & Reformists · United Kingdom
9
7🇦🇹
Eva LICHTENBERGER
Greens / EFA · Austria
8(8 solo)
8🇩🇪
Ruth HIERONYMI
PPE-DE · Germany
8(4 solo)
9🇧🇬
Iliana IOTOVA
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
8(8 solo)
10🇳🇱
Ieke van den BURG
PSE · Netherlands
7
11🇬🇧
Neena GILL
Socialists & Democrats · United Kingdom
7
12🇱🇺
Erna HENNICOT-SCHOEPGES
PPE-DE · Luxembourg
7(6 solo)
13🇩🇪
Herbert REUL
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
7(7 solo)
14🇳🇱
Bert DOORN
PPE-DE · Netherlands
6(6 solo)
15🇬🇧
Sajjad KARIM
European Conservatives & Reformists · United Kingdom
6(6 solo)
16🇩🇪
Helga TRÜPEL
Greens / EFA · Germany
6(6 solo)
17🇭🇺
Katalin LÉVAI
PSE · Hungary
5(5 solo)
18🇩🇪
Hans-Peter MAYER
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
4(4 solo)
19🇮🇹
Francesco Enrico SPERONI
EFD · Italy
4
20🇮🇹
Cristiana MUSCARDINI
European Conservatives & Reformists · Italy
4
21🇬🇷
Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
European People's Party (EPP) · Greece
4(4 solo)
22🇷🇴
Nicolae Vlad POPA
PPE-DE · Romania
4(4 solo)
23🇳🇱
Antonius MANDERS
European People's Party (EPP) · Netherlands
4(4 solo)
24🇬🇧
Bill NEWTON DUNN
Renew Europe · United Kingdom
4(4 solo)
25🇬🇷
Katerina BATZELI
PSE · Greece
4(4 solo)

The amendments, in full text

190 amendments

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