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On 5 August 2015, the new Copyright Act No. 185/2015 Coll. was published in the official collection of law and will come into effect on 1 January 2016. The key motive for producing a new Copyright Act was the essential changes relating to the exploitation of protected works on the internet that developed in the last decade. The progress of the digital environment caused uncertainty on the side of rights holders as well as on the side of users and industry. The preceding Copyright Act did not meet the requirements of the so-called internet economy as well as other sectors such as education, culture,...

On 24 March 2015, the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic (“CBR”) dismissed a complaint against a sponsorship announcement (hereinafter referred to as “credits”), which featured a nutrition product for a “stronger male erection” broadcast within the programme service of a major Slovak TV commercial broadcaster. CBR examined the credits with the existing tools for the protection of minors in media, as well as with regard to the difference between sponsorship announcements and advertising. Both versions of the credits contained females approaching men in ordinary situations...

On 16 April 2015, the Slovak Advertising Standards Council (SASC) ruled that TV advertisements of the company “Unilever Slovensko” that compared its products (“Rexona” deodorants) to the products of its main competition (“Nivea” deodorants) does not violate the provisions of the Code of Advertising Practise. The advertisements presented men and women during various physically challenging activities, while emphasising the special characteristic of the promoted product - the prevention of the yellow spots which originate from usage of a deodorant on white clothing. The advertisements claimed in a...

On 10 March 2015, the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission of the Slovak Republic (CBR) dismissed a complaint against a radio programme, which presented to listeners the latest trends in the British music scene. The programme had been provided within the radio programme service of the Slovak public service broadcaster (PSB). The complaint drew attention to an interview with a British band and one regular section, both broadcast exclusively in English. The claimant thus disputed that these passages of the programme breached the obligations under the so-called Language Act. The provisions...

The Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission (hereinafter “Council”) on 24 February 2015 dismissed a complaint about at story aired in the prime time news programme of the Slovak public service broadcaster. The story covered a meeting of the national committee of the Christian democratic movement “KDH”, a well-established conservative political party in Slovakia. The claimant complained about the fact that at the end of the story the spokeswoman of the political movement invited people to attend the upcoming national referendum and to vote yes to all three questions. Although the Council investigated...