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{{Short description|EU intellectual property directive}}

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{{Infobox EU legislation

|type=Directive

|number=98/84/EC

|title=Directive on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access

|madeby=[[European Parliament]] & [[Council of the European CouncilUnion|Council]]

|madeunder=Art. 57(2), 66 & 100a

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|ParlOpin=C152, 1998-05-18, p. 59

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|status=Current

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'''Directive 98/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 1998 on the legal protection of services based on, or consisting of, conditional access''' is a [[European Union directive]] in the field of [[intellectual property]] law, made under the [[Single European market|internal market]] provisions of the [[Treaty of Rome]]. The Directive covers "[[conditional access]] services", which are defined as television or radio broadcasts or internet services to which "access [...] in an intelligible form is made conditional upon prior individual authorisation" and payment. Examples are [[pay-per-view]] and [[encrypted television]] and internet sites which charge for access.

Member States may not restrict the provision of conditional access services which originate in another Member State [Art. 3(2)]. Devices intended to circumvent the access restrictions are prohibited (Art. 4).

The convention formed the basis for the [[Conditional Access Convention]], a convention of the [[Council of Europe]], to which the European Union is a party.

== External links ==

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* [[Copyright law of the European Union]]

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