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On 5 August 2005, new sponsorship rules for Public and Commercial Broadcasters came into force. By adopting these new rules, the Commissariaat voor de Media (Dutch Media Authority) , aligned the previous rules with the current supervisory and regulatory practice. Probably one of the most notable modifications brought about by these rules, originates from the European Commission's interpretative Communication on certain Aspects of the Provisions on televised Advertising in the "Television without Frontiers" Directive (see IRIS 2004-6: 4) and they are to be taken into account together with the applicable...

On 21 July 2005, the District Court in Rotterdam rendered its judgment on a lawsuit initiated by Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (Protection of Dutch Entertainment Industry Rights - BREIN). This is the first time BREIN has initiated proceedings on the grounds of Article 29a of the Dutch Copyright Act and Article 19 of the Dutch Performers and Phonograms Act. Both articles implement the provisions of the European Copyright Directive that forbid the circumvention of technological protection measures and the commercial distribution of circumvention devices. The BREIN foundation...

The Beleidslijn zendtijdaanvragen van kerkgenootschappen en genootschappen op geestelijke grondslag (the Policy on applications for broadcasting time from religious and other spiritual organisations) based on Section 39f of the Mediawet (the Dutch Media Act), according to which the Commissariaat voor de Media (the Dutch Media Authority) may allocate public national broadcasting time to religious and other spiritual organisations once every five years, recognizes Islam as one of the seven main religions and other spiritual organisations (see IRIS 2004-5: 14). However, it is up to the applicant organisation...

On 7 April 2005 the Amsterdam preliminary Court rendered a decision settling a dispute between a consortium of cable operators and the Bureau voor Muziekauteursrecht (Mediation Society for Collection of Music Copyright - BUMA). The Court ordered the parties to negotiate the contested payable amount of authors' rights within a frame of time not exceeding 1 October 2005. In 1985 the cable operators contractually agreed upon the amount of authors' rights payable for the transmission of works represented and protected by BUMA. Television broadcasting organizations in particular (public as well as commercial...

On 26 March 2005, the representatives of the three coalition parties of the right-wing / Christian democratic government (D66, CDA and VVD ) reached a political agreement which encompasses several topics including a proposal for future media policy. This so called Paasakkoord (Easter Agreement) is a direct consequence of the Opposition's refusal to endorse one of D66's main political aims- namely, the introduction of an elected mayor- thereby forcing the ruling parties to revise their coalition agreement. The agreement addresses a number of priorities among which a proposed media policy regarding...