Decision

Policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company, commercial and intellectual property law issues

Effect: Adopted
Result: 491 for · 106 against · 35 abstained roll call
Date: 17 January 2024, 12:42
Kind: Resolution

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Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0442
Dossier: 2023-2062
Source: Committee report by Axel Voss, Ibán García del Blanco
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Final vote: 163053

Margin: by a large majority
Text: Report A-9-2023-0442
Dossier: 2023-2062
Source: Committee report by Axel Voss, Ibán García del Blanco
Votes: 1 vote · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 17 January 2024
Final vote: 163053

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Result

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Adopted by a large majority.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position.

Backed by S&D, Renew, EPP, ECR and Patriots; opposed by The Left and Greens; ESN split.

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Group	For	Against	Abst.	Majority line	Clear line
The Left	For 3	Against 10	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
Greens	For 0	Against 26	Abst. 1	Majority line Against	Clear line Against
S&D	For 57	Against 0	Abst. 4	Majority line For	Clear line For
Renew	For 40	Against 0	Abst. 0	Majority line For	Clear line For
EPP	For 85	Against 1	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
ECR	For 20	Against 3	Abst. 1	Majority line For	Clear line For
Patriots	For 24	Against 0	Abst. 5	Majority line For	Clear line For
ESN	For 0	Against 2	Abst. 2	Majority line Tie	Clear line Divided
No group	For 2	Against 4	Abst. 0	Majority line Against	Clear line Against

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All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. **Result**: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). **Requested by**: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
1	Final vote on the motion for a resolution A9-0442/2023 – Axel Voss, Ibán García del Blanco – Motion for a resolution	Roll call	491 for, 106 against, 35 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-9-2023-0442

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/15
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “Policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company, commercial and intellectual property law issues”. Decision, 17 January 2024. votingId 163053, document A-9-2023-0442, reference 2023-2062. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/15 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 17 January 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-01-17/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-decision-2024-01-17-15,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company, commercial and intellectual property law issues}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-01-17},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/15}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-01-17/15},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 163053, document A-9-2023-0442, reference 2023-2062. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-01-17-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-01-17 (CC BY 4.0)}
}