30It argues that the Court's interpretation of Directive 92/100 in similar areas has confirmed that directive's objectives, which are to reduce, by harmonisation of laws, existing differences in the legal protection afforded by the Member States, to ensure that performing artists are paid an appropriate fee and to enable producers of phonograms to recoup their investment. The Court emphasised those points and the importance of the cultural development of the Community, based on Article 128 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 151 EC), in its judgments in Case C-200/96 Metronome Musik [1998] ECR I-1953 and Case C-61/97 FDV [1998] ECR I-5171.
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