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On 7 April 2003, the governments of Poland and Turkey signed an agreement introducing a programme relating to their co-operation in the fields of science, education and culture. In Article 25 of the agreement, the contracting parties undertake to support direct co-operation between Polish and Turkish institutions, organisations and associations of film-makers, especially with regard to the production of films, the provision of the necessary services and the presentation of films from the other country. According to Article 26, co-operation between film-makers’ associations and film archives is...

On 10 January 2003, the Sejm (the Polish Parliament), set up a commission to investigate allegations by a newspaper concerning possible irregularities that may have occurred in the course of the revision of the Broadcasting Act. A newspaper publishing company, which owns a daily, 20 local radio stations and 11 magazines, allegedly has been asked to pay a bribe for "lobbying" to achieve a more favourable media law allowing the publisher to acquire a private television station. As to the legal background, the government's draft media law - in particular its article 36 par. 3 - which had been forwarded...

On 28 October 2002 the Polish Parliament adopted an Amendment to the Act on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights of 4 February 1994 (with later amendments). Subsequently, on 15 November 2002 this new bill was signed by the President of the Republic of Poland. It aims at a further harmonisation of Polish legislation with EC law (notably the Directives 93/83/EEC, 93/98/EEC, 91/250/EEC and 92/100/EEC) and new treaties that Poland plans to ratify in the nearer future (namely the WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, both dated 20 December 1996). The popularisation of digital...

On 18 July 2002 Sejm, the lower chamber of Polish Parliament, adopted the Act on the electronic providing of services. The Senate did not present any amendments to the Bill, so on 14 August 2002 it was passed to the President for signing. The Act defines `electronic providing of service': it embraces services rendered via data processing systems without the simultaneous physical presence of the parties and at the individual request of the client. Such services may be offered solely via public data processing networks, like Internet. Furthermore, the Act regulates the duties of service providers...

On 13 March 2002, the Chairman of the National Broadcasting Council imposed a fine of PLN 300,000 (over USD 73,000) on the private television station TVN for showing violent and erotic scenes during protected time (the blocks were transmitted between 11.30h - 13.15h and 20.00h - 20.45h) on its „Big Brother - Battle" program. Article 18 para. 5 of the Broadcasting Act of 29 December 1992 (as amended) states that programmes or other broadcasts which may threaten the physical, mental or moral development of minors, may not be transmitted between 6:00h and 23:00h. In order to implement this rule,...