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Several daily newspapers published by PCM Uitgevers (PCM Publishers) have a web site on the Internet, which contains a selection of news reports and articles originating from their published newspapers. Each of these reports and articles has a title and the homepage of every newspaper contains a complete list of titles that are inserted on the web site. Eureka, a company that provides internet services, has a web site at "www.kranten.com" ("kranten" means newspapers). One of the web pages of this site contains the names of the daily newspapers and also a list (updated daily) of the titles of reports...

On 31 March 2000, the Concessiewet (Concession Act) became effective. The Concession Act contains a description of the tasks assigned to public broadcasting and new rules concerning the granting of concessions and recognition of broadcasting associations aimed at facilitating the fulfilment of these tasks. The Mediawet (Media Act), as amended by the Concession Act, allows only one concession to be granted. In accordance with Article IV of the Concession Act and Article 30a of the Mediawet a concession for a period of ten years has been granted by Royal decree dated 17 August 2000 to the Nederlandse...

In 1986, the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (the Netherlands Broadcasting Foundation - NOS) and the Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van Beeld en Geluidsdragers (the Dutch member of IFPI - the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry) reached an agreement obliging the NOS to pay annual remuneration for the use of the rights of performers and producers of phonograms. On 1 July 1993, the Wet op de Naburige Rechten (the Dutch neighbouring rights act - WNR) came into force. Article 15 WNR appoints Stichting ter Exploitatie van Naburige Rechten (Foundation for the Exploitation...

Peters and Co are producers and members of the Genootschap van Onafhankelijke Geluidsproducenten (a Dutch independent association of soundproducersGONG). Peters and Co has requested de Stichting ter Exploitatie van Naburige Rechten (Foundation for the Exploitation of Neighbouring Rights - SENA) to distribute the SENA-revenues also to them and to other producers, but SENA refuses. Peters and Gong want producers to be considered as performing artists according to Article 1 sub a of the Wet op de Naburige Rechten (the Dutch neighbouring rights act - WNR) or producers of phonograms in the sense of...

In recent years questions have arisen concerning the constitutional protection of the freedom of communication in the Information Society. The current provisions in the Dutch Constitution (Grondwet or Gw) (e.g. art. 7 and art. 13 Gw) were originally drafted in the nineteenth century and were not designed for modern-day technology. Now a new report, by a governmental commission under Leiden-based professor H. Franken, suggests some major changes to the constitution. The report gives an outline of the present developments that are shaping the Information Society. It highlights the changing role...