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Miss Hoey
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will amend the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to give protection to the governing bodies of sports clubs and associations regarding exclusive television agreements.
Mr. Douglas Hogg
There are no plans to amend the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to give legal protection to governing bodies involved in sports events or to change the provisions relating to the copyright protection of television broadcasts.