Incorporates EU copyright directives into Greek legislation.
On Monday night, the Ministry of Culture’s copyright bill, which incorporates EU directives into Greek legislation, was submitted to the national delegation.
The title of the bill is: “Establishing rules relating to the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online broadcasts of broadcasting organizations and retransmissions of television and radio programs, while maintaining a high level of protection of copyright and related rights in digital single market and with the right of public borrowing and the reproduction of an additional copy by non-profit libraries or archives – Amendment of Law 2121/1993 and Law 4481/2017 – Incorporation of Directives (EU) 2019/789, (EU) 2019/ 790 and 2006/115/EC”.
Among other things, Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 17, 2019, establishing rules regarding the exercise of intellectual property rights and related rights applicable to certain online broadcasts of broadcasting organizations is incorporated into Greek legislation. and retransmissions of television and radio programs. In particular, among others, the following are introduced: – the concepts of “retransmission” and “controlled environment”, the definition of “cable retransmission” is modified in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 17, 2019 and the exercise of retransmission rights by both broadcasting organizations and other beneficiaries is regulated. – the concept of “direct transmission” and describes the obligations of entities that transmit signals through “direct transmission” to the public, – the concept of “ancillary online service” and defines the authority of the country of origin for the exercise of intellectual property rights and 240 of related rights when providing online services at a cross-border level.
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