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On 26 March 2026, the Radio and Television Board, the Danish media regulatory authority, approved a proposal for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) to develop a new weather app in collaboration with the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). The approval followed a so-called value test, which is required whenever the DR wishes to launch new digital public service offerings. The planned app will bring together: - the DMI’s meteorological data and weather forecasts, - severe weather warnings, and - the DR’s journalistic content on weather and climate. The idea...

On 8 December 2025, the Danish Ministry of Culture granted its first approval of an extended collective licence for a collective management organisation concerning text and data mining and the use of works in AI tools. Under section 11 b of the Danish Copyright Act, which corresponds to Article 4 of the Digital Service Market (DSM) Directive, anyone with lawful access to a work may extract and reproduce copies of the work for the purposes of text and data mining, provided that the rights holder has not expressly reserved the use of the work in an appropriate manner. Several key rights holder...

At an informal ministerial meeting in Copenhagen on 4 November 2025, held during the Danish EU Presidency, the Danish Minister for Culture gathered European ministers for culture and media. The ministers issued a joint statement: the “Declaration on the necessity of culture and media as a safeguard for our European democracies”.  As part of its presidency, Denmark took a leading role in shaping the European response to the growing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on culture and media. As such, the declaration notably highlighted that: - The use of AI in producing and...

On 15 September 2025, the Danish Ministry of Culture published a report from the Expert Group on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The report contains several recommendations aimed at addressing the challenges posed by AI in relation to copyright. The report includes recommendations to improve transparency and control over training data, to strengthen the framework of conditions for collective licensing, and introduce technical measures to prevent the illegal use of copyright-protected content. In addition, it proposes an investigation into measures to promote the use of human-generated...

Production discount schemes are an increasingly competitive parameter in film and series production. Therefore, Denmark has decided to strengthen the country’s competitiveness in a global industry where films and series have become a powerful tool to tell stories, shape national identities and create economic growth. According to the political agreement of 10 June the new Danish production rebate scheme will come into force in 2026. The scheme decided upon is organised as a reimbursement scheme, where 25% of eligible costs for production in Denmark can be reimbursed to the applicant. A...