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ARTICLE · 08 MAY 2018

Territorial Principle – Saved? Not Quite.

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It must have felt like an early Christmas present to film and TV producers on 12 December 2017 when the plenary session of the European Parliament confirmed ...

European UnionMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Zahra Rahvar
Zahra Rahvar
Mathias Schwarz
Mathias Schwarz

It must have felt like an early Christmas present to film and TV producers on 12 December 2017 when the plenary session of the European Parliament confirmed the negotiating mandate on the so-called "SatCab Regulation" with 344 votes to 265 and 36 abstentions, and voted in favor of preserving the principle of territoriality. It would be a major disappointment if the "trilogue" negotiations – the next legislative step – turned this result upside down again...

In June, the European Parliament's Committees on Culture and Industry had already voted against far-reaching changes to the existing territorial exploitation of rights. According to the European Parliament's press release, the new approach will allow broadcasters only to make their online news or other current online TV and radio programs available in other EU countries. To this end, the procedure for clearing copyrights shall be simplified. The members of Parliament thereby endorsed the decision of the Committee

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