Austria

[AT] Media Act and Copyright Act Amended

IRIS 2000-9:1/30

Albrecht Haller

IFPI Austria

The duty to supply and the obligation to deliver printed matter, set out in the Media Act, have now, after much planning, been extended to other forms of media (except phonograms and moving picture carriers) (see IRIS 1999-7: 13). The corresponding amendment to the Media Act entered into force on 1 September 2000.

The Parliament has also abolished the system provided for in the Copyright Act whereby collecting societies are entitled to claim appropriate compensation on behalf of artists whose work is exhibited for profit-making purposes. Consequently, a significant part of the 1996 amendment to the Copyright Act is no longer valid (see IRIS 1996-10: 13).


References

  • Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Mediengesetz geändert wird, Bundesgesetzblatt 2000 I 75 vom 8. August 2000
  • Federal Act amending the Media Act, Federal Gazette 2000 I 75, 8 August 2000

  • Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Urheberrechtsgesetz geändert wird (Urheberrechtsgesetz-Novelle 2000)
  • Federal Act amending the Copyright Act

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.