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This year, the Lithuanian Audiovisual Authors and Producers Rights Association “AVAKA” has implemented a project named “The Lithuanian Film Foundation”. The programme was partially financed by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture. The remunerations collected for the reproduction of audiovisual works (copying) for private use (applied universal levies on hardware, storage medium etc.), which was introduced in 2012 (see IRIS 2012-4/32), provided 25 percent of the funding. The essence of this project was a release of a mobile application allowing viewers to watch films from the Lithuanian film heritage...

On 14 May 2015, the Lithuanian Parliament (LR Seimas) discussed a number of amendments to the articles of the Act on the Provision of Information to the Public (hereinafter referred to as the Draft Law). The aim of the Draft Law is to liberalise the regulation of re-broadcasting, as well as to enhance the protection of the informational environment against information which may harm the national security interests of Lithuania. Primarily, the Draft Law seeks to eliminate the drawbacks of the existing regulation of re-broadcasting, which does not encompass the activity of all entities engaged in...

On 1 January 2015, the Act amending the Act on the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (public service broadcaster LRT) came into force. This amendment was adopted by the LR Seimas (the Lithuanian Parliament) on 23 December 2013. The amended act stipulates that advertising is prohibited on all the LRT programmes, except in cases when LRT is obliged to broadcast commercial communication as a part of a contractual obligation concerning the acquisition or marketing of rights for broadcasting international events. In addition, under the amendments to be soon enforced, LRT radio and television...

On 2 April 2014, the Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos komisija (Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania - RTCL) temporarily suspended the retransmission of part of programmes of the Russian-language channel “RTR Planeta”. The basis for the suspension was the violation of Article 19 of the Law on the Provision of Information of the Republic of Lithuania during the programme “Vesti nedeli” (Weekly News), which was broadcast by the “RTR Planeta” in the beginning of March 2014. The programme concerned recent events in Ukraine. After consulting with the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics,...

On 13 June 2013, the Seimas, the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, approved the amendment to the Law on Corporate Income Tax. The amendment intends to create incentives for investment in Lithuanian film production and will come into force once it is signed by the President of the Republic of Lithuania, which is expected to happen within the next four weeks. The amendment envisages that the expenses of the Lithuanian film industry are deductible for Lithuanian corporate income tax purposes up to a level of 75 % of the amount. Hence, the amendment introduces the possibility of reducing the...