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Refine your search| IRIS 2021-8:1/30 [LT] Additional rights to protect copyright more effectively granted to the Radio and Television Commission | |
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On 29 June 2021, Seimas (the Parliament of Republic of Lithuania) has adopted amendments to the Lietuvos Respublikos autorių teisių ir gretutinių teisių įstatymas (Law on Copyright and Related Rights of the Republic of Lithuania, hereinafter "the Law"), the aim of which is to solve the practical problems faced by the Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos komisija (Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania - RTCL) in performing the functions assigned to effectively protect copyright on the Internet. Pursuant to the new provisions of the Law, the RTCL has been granted the right to... |
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| IRIS 2021-7:1/27 [LT] Supreme Administrative Court on surreptitious advertising | |
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On 5 May 2021, Lithuania's Supreme Administrative Court confirmed that the republishing of a private company’s press release can constitute surreptitious advertising. The case was initiated by the complaint of a private person P.P., asking whether the news media outlet UAB 15min have disseminated surreptitious advertising by publishing the article: "New travel trends: all-inclusive or everything unexpected?". In this article the media outlet basically republished the press release of the travel agency UAB Baltic Tours Group, thus P.P. claimed that this is surreptitious... |
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| IRIS 2021-4:1/9 [LT] Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania establishes list of mandatory information about Radio and Television Commission and Public Information Ethics Commission | |
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On 3 February 2021, implementing new changes in the Law on Provision of Information to the Public of the Republic of Lithuania, the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK) has adopted a decision "On the procedure for publishing information on the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania and the Public Information Ethics Commission” (the Procedure). The Procedure provides that radio and television broadcasters and on-demand audiovisual media service providers must publish information about: the possibility to apply to the LRTK regarding violations of the Law; the... |
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| IRIS 2021-4:1/8 [LT] Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania supplements rules on inspection of economic entities and changes definition of children’s programmes | |
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Implementing new changes of the Law on Provision of Information to the Public of the Republic of Lithuania, the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK) supplemented and changed its former decision on the Approval of the rules of inspection of the activities of economic entities performed by the LRTK. Amendments to the decision introduced two additional grounds allowing LRTK to carry out unscheduled inspections: when it receives a request from other regulatory institutions; and when it receives an anonymous complaint concerning the acts or omissions of a particular economic... |
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| IRIS 2021-4:1/7 [LT] Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania further details requirements for broadcasting of advertising | |
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The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (LRTK) has implemented new changes of the Law on Provision of Information to the Public of the Republic of Lithuania, which transposed Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services. The LRTK has supplemented and changed its former decision on the Requirements for audiovisual commercial communication, broadcasting... |