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The Finnish Parliament approved amendments to the Finnish Copyright Act (404/1961, CA) late February 2023, based on the DSM Directive (EU) 2019/790. The amendments entered into force on 3 April 2023. The process was a lengthy one, including a round of critical statements from various stakeholders regarding the draft Government proposal and a renewed preparation subject to complaints about partiality. The Constitutional Law Committee was also consulted during the legislative process and a supplementary Government proposal was drafted. The process exceeded the transposition deadline which also...

On 30 October 2019, the Finnish self-regulatory body for the media sector, Council for Mass Media (CMM), agreed on a historical dictum regarding algorithmic journalism. The dictum concerns news automation and personalisation, that is, newsbots, voting aid applications, and targeted recommendations, among others. The utilisation of algorithms as such is seen as a dispensable means to produce (more) quality content in an increasingly efficient manner. However, the news rooms should know the logic behind the algorithms they use. The dictum also aims to ensure transparency and accountability in the...

As of 1 January 2019, the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi), the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) and certain functions of the Finnish Transport Agency have been merged in order to form the new Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom). Traficom will be responsible for serving people and businesses in licence-, registration- and approval-related matters. The Agency will also be entrusted with promoting the transport system and safety of traffic and ensuring that Finish citizens have access to high-quality and secure communications connections and services....

On 26 November 2018, the EU Commission initiated proceedings for infringement of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union against 17 member states for non-compliance with the Directive requiring the transposition into national law of the Marrakesh Treaty (Directive (EU) 2017/1564) (see IRIS 2017-9/4 and IRIS 2016-9/4). The Marrakesh Treaty is a WIPO-administered convention that was signed on 27 June 2013 and entered into force on 30 September 2016, after the first 20 ratifications. The Treaty facilitates access to print works in formats adapted for persons who are blind, visually impaired...

In July 2018, the Finnish Government adopted a resolution on the Media Policy Programme. The resolution includes objectives and measures extending all the way to 2023, while engaging various ministries across a number of sectors. All in all, 23 action points for seven different topics are envisioned. The starting point for the resolution dates back to 2017 when the goverment decided to begin the preparation of a Media Policy Programme as part of its key project on digital business. The programme was prepared in cooperation with stakeholders, while a report (LVM 4/2018) on the current state of media...