Application in time
Article 10
1
Where a term of protection which is longer than the corresponding term provided for by this Directive was already running in a Member State on 1 July 1995, this Directive shall not have the effect of shortening that term of protection in that Member State.
2
The terms of protection provided for in this Directive shall apply to all works and subject matter which were protected in at least one Member State on the date referred to in paragraph 1, pursuant to national provisions on copyright or related rights, or which meet the criteria for protection under [Council Directive 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property] .
3
This Directive shall be without prejudice to any acts of exploitation performed before the date referred to in paragraph 1. Member States shall adopt the necessary provisions to protect in particular acquired rights of third parties.
4
Member States need not apply the provisions of Article 2(1) to cinematographic or audiovisual works created before 1 July 1994.
5
Article 3(1) to (2e) in the version thereof in force on
31 October 2011
shall apply to fixations of performances and phonograms in regard to which the performer and the phonogram producer are still protected, by virtue of those provisions in the version thereof in force on
30 October 2011
, as at
1 November 2013
and to fixations of performances and phonograms which come into being after that date.
6
Article 1(7) shall apply to musical compositions with words of which at least the musical composition or the lyrics are protected in at least one Member State on
1 November 2013
, and to musical compositions with words which come into being after that date.
The first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be without prejudice to any acts of exploitation performed before
1 November 2013
. Member States shall adopt the necessary provisions to protect, in particular, acquired rights of third parties.
OJ L 346, 27.11.1992, p. 61. Directive as last amended by Directive 2001/29/EC.
Inserted by Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 amending Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights.