# Intellectual property: term of protection of copyright and related rights

European Parliament procedure 2008/0157(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 6th term, committee CULT / IMCO / ITRE / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 190 committee amendments tabled by 39 Members between 2008-11-12 and 2008-12-09.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques TOUBON | France | PPE-DE | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28198.md |
| Sharon BOWLES | United Kingdom | ALDE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33570.md |
| David HAMMERSTEIN | Spain | Verts/ALE | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28345.md |
| Renate WEBER | Romania | ALDE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39713.md |
| Emmanouil ANGELAKAS | Greece | PPE-DE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39316.md |
| Malcolm HARBOUR | United Kingdom | ECR | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4538.md |
| Eva LICHTENBERGER | Austria | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28253.md |
| Ruth HIERONYMI | Germany | PPE-DE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4279.md |
| Iliana IOTOVA | Bulgaria | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38605.md |
| Ieke van den BURG | Netherlands | PSE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4483.md |
| Neena GILL | United Kingdom | S&D | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4533.md |
| Erna HENNICOT-SCHOEPGES | Luxembourg | PPE-DE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/29019.md |
| Herbert REUL | Germany | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28225.md |
| Bert DOORN | Netherlands | PPE-DE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4500.md |
| Sajjad KARIM | United Kingdom | ECR | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28481.md |

## Official source documents

- PE415.211: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-415.211+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE415.318: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-415.318+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE416.316: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-416.316+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE416.322: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-416.322+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-0157-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-0157-COD.json

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