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On 24 November 1997, the Media Authority of The Netherlands (Commissariaat voor de Media) wrote a letter to the Holland Media Groep (HMG) that it will extend its monitoring activities for compliance with the Dutch Media Act, to the broadcasters of HMG (esp. RTL4 and RTL5). A similar letter was sent to radio broadcasters Sky Radio and Classic FM. This decision is based on the revised 'Television without Frontiers' Directive which stipulates that a broadcaster is deemed to be established in a Member State when it has its Head Office in this Member State and takes its editorial decisions in this...

On 24 September 1997, the District Court of Amsterdam decided in favour of three Dutch free-lance journalists in ruling that the unauthorised re-publication of articles on CD-ROM and via the World Wide Web amounts to copyright infringement. The Court held, in the first place, that electronic uses such as CD-ROM and Internet are restricted acts, which are subject to the authorization of the rights holders. Secondly, the Court rejected the argument put forward by the defendant, De Volkskrant (a major Dutch newspaper), that the journalists had tacitly granted permission for electronic usages, since...

In a letter to the Dutch Parliament, the Minister of Transport and Communications announced a Government policy on Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). The public, being used to the high sound-quality of compact disc, now also demands better quality of broadcasting. To solve some of the problems of FM-broadcasting, the Council of the European Union started a programme called 'Eureka 147; Digital Audio Broadcasting' in 1984. This resulted in a successful demonstration of the DAB-system in 1984. The system was standardised (European Telecommunications Standard 300401) in recent years and by now it...

For the first time, the Dutch Media Act will define the notion of "public broadcasting". Although the Act primarily regulates the public broadcasting sector, it never contained a definition. A special committee - the Ververs committee - was asked last year to further look into the nature and mission of the sector. But even the recently adopted proposal to reorganise and strengthen the public broadcasting system (that still has to pass the Senate)partly as a result of the committees report - didn't clarify the term, as is the case with most regulatory frameworks for broadcasting in Europe. Strangely...

Three Ministries have announced a joint programme to stimulate the film industry. The Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and the ministry responsible for culture have chosen to adopt an integral approach to attract new investments and risk capital. In practice, rich private investors will be stimulated to participate in the financing of films. They will receive special tax advantages in order to increase the return on investments and to lower the risks. The measures aim at creating a viable competitive film industry where direct governmental support is only available in the start-up...