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Copyright in the Principality of Liechtenstein (“the Principality”) is governed by the Gesetz über das Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (Act on Copyright and Related Rights - Urheberrechtsgesetz/Copyright Act), Landesgesetzblatt (Official Gazette - LGBl.) 1999 No. 160, of 19 May 1999, last amended by the Copyright Act 2000 (LGBl. 2000, No. 265) and the Verordnung vom 14. Dezember 1999 über das Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (Decree of 14 December 1999 on Copyright and Related Rights - Urheberrechtsverordnung/Copyright Decree, LGBl. 1999, No. 253). The Copyright Act and the Copyright...

On 21 June 2006, the EFTA Surveillance Authority delivered a reasoned opinion to Liechtenstein for failing to implement Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. The Directive was to be implemented in national law by 1 August 2005. On 19 December 2006, Liechtenstein notified the Authority of the implementation of these rules through amendments to the Gesetz über das Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte (Act on protection of copyright and related rights) of 19 May 1999 and of the Verordnung über das Urheberrecht und...

A number of provisions concerning the (audiovisual) media can be found in the five country-specific Resolutions adopted to date by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers (CM) in the context of the Second Monitoring Cycle of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM). In respect of Croatia, the CM recommends that the State authorities inter alia “encourage media engagement in the promotion of inter-cultural dialogue”. In respect of Denmark, the CM identifies as an issue of concern a “seam of intolerance within Danish society […] inter alia, in the political...

On 22 November 2005, the EFTA Surveillance Authority decided to bring the failure by Liechtenstein to implement the 2002 regulatory framework for electronic communications (see IRIS 2002-3: 4) before the EFTA Court in Luxembourg. With this step, the Authority follows a similar action launched by the European Commission against a number of EU Member States earlier last year (see IRIS 2004-6: 6). The decision to bring the matter before the EFTA Court concerns the non-transposition of the following EEA legislation into national law: - The Access Directive (2002/19/EC); - The Authorisation Directive...

On 17 July 2003, the EFTA Surveillance Authority delivered a reasoned opinion to Liechtenstein for that country's failure to implement the Conditional Access Directive (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 ­ see IRIS 2003-6: 4 and IRIS 1998-10: 6). The Conditional Access Directive seeks to combat the use of illicit devices which give unauthorised access to protected services, such as premium rate television (pay-TV), radio and information society services. The Directive...