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Technological developments are changing methods of production, distribution and reception of media programmes. This factor together with the regulatory framework has created a totally new market situation within the broadcasting sector. According to the Norwegian Government, the new situation requires a revision of the general obligations of the public broadcaster. As part of such a revision, the Government proposed, in a recent Green Paper the introduction of a new set of basic principles to apply to the operations of the Norwegian public broadcaster (NRK). The basic principles are intended as...

In 2000, the Norwegian newspaper Tønsberg Blad published an article about a list drafted by the Municipal Council of Tjøme. The list identified property owners suspected of breaching permanent residence requirements applying to certain properties. The article referred to a well-known singer and a well-known businessman (Mr. Rygh) stating that they might be “forced to sell their properties at Tjøme”. The article included a small photo of Mr. Rygh with the caption: “it must be due to a misunderstanding, says Tom Vidar Rygh”. A few weeks later, after being...

The Norwegian Ministry of Justice recently released a White Paper with proposed amendments to the Norwegian Consumer Purchase Act. Enacted in 2002, the Consumer Purchase Act establishes a relatively strong consumer protection scheme that inter alia includes mandatory regulation of several aspects of such purchases, e.g. delivery, defects, delay, sanctions and remedies. The traditional definition of a “purchase” in Norwegian law is confined to the acquisition of physical objects. Against this background, the Consumer Purchase Act clearly applies to physical objects purchased online. On the other...

In a recent Green Paper, the Norwegian Ministry of Culture has proposed the introduction of a new Culture Act. The Green Paper also raises the question of a constitutional protection of cultural matters, however, without yet presenting a proposal in that respect. Contrary to existing laws relating to cultural matters, the proposed Culture Act is to have general application, i.e. it is to comprise cultural activities throughout the entire cultural sector. In this context, “cultural activities” shall be understood in a broad sense and shall encompass the creation, production, performance, communication...

On 14 November 2006, the EFTA Surveillance Authority decided not to raise objections to the prolongation of two Norwegian support schemes to audiovisual production, film related activities and film production companies. The proposed prolongation had been duly notified by the Norwegian authorities to the EFTA Surveillance Authority and concerns two different Regulations: Forskrift om tilskudd til audiovisuelle produksjoner (Regulation on support for audiovisual production) and Forskrift om tilskudd til produksjonsselskaper (Regulation on support for film production companies). The objective of the...