Directive on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
TheSatellite and Cable Directive (frequently shortened toSatCab Directive[1]), formally theCouncil 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, is aEuropean Union directive that governs the application ofcopyright and related rights tosatellite andcable television in theEuropean Union. It was made under theinternal market provisions of theTreaty of Rome.
An author has the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the broadcasting of his or her works by satellite (Art. 2). This right may only be subject to a compulsory licensing scheme when the satellite broadcast is simultaneous with a terrestrial broadcast [Art. 3(2)]. Satellite broadcasting is assimilated to terrestrial broadcasting for the purposes ofrelated rights (rights of performers, phonogram producers and broadcasting organisations) (Art. 4): the protection of these rights is governed byDirective 92/100/EEC.[2]
The main effect of the Directive is to stipulate that cable retransmission must be on the basis ofcontractual, notstatutory, licences with copyright holders, although existing statutory licence schemes were permitted to remain in force until the end of 1997 (Art. 8). These licences may only be granted or refused bycollecting societies [Art. 9(1)], which effectively makes such societies compulsory: a collecting society may be deemed to be mandated to manage the cable retransmission rights of a copyright holder in the absence of any expressive agreement [Art. 9(2)]. Broadcasting organisations are free to exercise their ownrelated rights to license or prohibit the cable retransmission of their own broadcasts (Art. 10). The Directive also provides for mediation in disputes between cable operators and collecting societies (Art. 11) and for measures to preventabuse of monopoly powers (Art. 12).
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