Media Study - Medija centar Beograd

The satellite broadcasting of copyright works requires the authorisation of the rightholder. The right
may be acquired from the rightholder only by agreement. Performers are granted an exclusive right
to:
broadcast live performances by satellite;
fix (record) an unfixed performance;
reproduce a fixation of a performance.
Where a phonogram is used for a satellite broadcast, an equitable remuneration is to be paid to the
performers, or to the producers of phonograms, or to both. Broadcasting organizations have exclusive
rights over the retransmission, fixation and reproduction of fixations of their broadcasts. Limits may
be imposed on the right to authorise or prohibit broadcasting, for example in the case of private use
or the use of short excerpts in connection with the reporting of current events. Member States may
establish more far-reaching protection than that required by the Directive.
Cable retransmission of broadcasts is governed by copyright and related rights in the Member States
and by agreements between copyright owners, holders of related rights and cable operators. These
rights to authorise or prohibit the cable retransmission of a broadcast are exercised through a
collecting society, except where they are exercised by a broadcasting organization in respect of its
own transmissions.
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