Directive 2011/77/EU on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights amended Directive 2006/116/EC and extended copyright terms of recordings from 50 to 70 years. It was passed by the Council of the European Union on 12 September 2011[1][2] after the European Parliament passed it on 23 April 2009 establishing a term of 70 years,[3] lower than the 95 years the European Commission had proposed on 16 July 2008.[4]