Directive 2006/116 / EC

One of the important decisions that served as the basis for the adoption of Directive 2006/116 / EC on the harmonization of the protection of copyright and related rights was the decision of the EU Court in the case of “EMI v. Electrola. " In a court decision in this case, the Court expressed its fundamental point of view: an object of copyright that is not encumbered with a license of the owner of copyright can freely be distributed in another Member State only after the period of its legal protection in the state of distribution.

Prior to the publication of the Directive on Dates in the National Legislation of Member States, different states set different periods of validity for copyright. Directive 2006/116 / EC established the unification of such terms of protection, indicating that the work enjoys legal protection throughout the author's life and for 70 years after his death. according to the Directive, the validity period of copyright now begins to flow simultaneously in all Member States, from January 1 of the year following the date of creation or publication of the work.

Directive 2006/116 / EC is a development of Directive 93/98 / EC on the term of protection of copyright and Directive 2001/29 / EC concerning the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society.

The directive establishes the rights of the author of a literary or artistic work for a period during the life of the author and 70 years after his death, regardless of the date when the work is published. The term for the protection of cinematographic or audiovisual works expires 70 years after the death of the last of the authors. The rights of producers of phonograms expire 50 years after the fixation of the work. Member States may protect scientific works that have entered the public domain by setting a maximum term of protection of 30 years from the date of publication.

Regarding the protection of photographs, they are protected for 70 years in accordance with Article 1 of the Directive. Moreover, the photograph must be original in the sense that it is the result of the intellectual creativity of the author.

The validity period does not apply to personal non-property rights.

• Article 1 (duration of copyright)
• Article 2 (films or audiovisual works)
• Article 3 (duration of related rights)
• Article 4 (protection of previously unpublished works)
• Article 5 (important and scientific publications)
• Article 6 (protection of photographs)
• Article 7 (protection in respect of third countries)
• Article 8 (timing)
• Article 9 (moral rights)
• Article 10 (application over time)
• Article 11 (registration and notification)
• Article 12 (repeal)
• Article 13 (entry into force)
• Article 14 (addressees)

• • APPENDIX I

• PART A (excluded directive as amended)
• PART B (terms of transposition in national law)

• • ANNEX II (Correlation Table)

• Reto M. Hilty ua: Interessenausgleich im Urheberrecht. Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2004, ISBN 3-8329-0770-X .
• Alexander Peukert: Die Gemeinfreiheit: Begriff, Funktion, Dogmatik. Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-16-151714-3 .
• Alexander Peukert: Die Leistungsschutzrechte des ausübenden Künstlers nach dem Tode. Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 1999, ISBN 3-7890-6248-0 .
• Alexander Peukert: Güterzuordnung als Rechtsprinzip. Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-16-151215-5 .
• Emese Szilagyi: Leistungsschutzrecht für Verleger ?: eine rechtstatsächliche Untersuchung zur Wiederherstellung des Interessenausgleichs zwischen Verlegern, Urhebern und Allgemeinheit. München 2011, ISBN 978-3-8316-4018-8 .

• European Union Law