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Refine your search| IRIS 2023-1:1/22 [BG] Bill for implementation of Directive 2019/789 and Directive 2019/790 submitted to the Parliament | |
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On 22 November 2022, the caretaker government in Bulgaria submitted the Законопроект за изменение и допълнение на Закона авторското право и сродните му права (draft Bill for amendment and supplement to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act – the Bill) to Parliament for adoption. The Bill would transpose the EU directives concerning copyright, namely: 1) Directive 2019/789 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes; and 2)... |
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| IRIS 2022-8:1/18 [BG] Amendments to the criminal code concerning computer-related crimes, crimes against the intellectual and industrial property, and online child abuse | |
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On 7 July 2022, Закон за изменение и допълнение на Наказателния кодекс (Act for Amendment and Supplement to the Criminal Code – the Act) was promulgated in the State Gazette. The amendments to the existing legal framework are in the field of computer-related crimes (including cybercrime and crimes against critical infrastructure), the crimes against intellectual and industrial property, and plagiarism, as well as the crimes against online child sexual exploitation. The amendments can be narrowed down to changes expanding the minimum and maximum thresholds for imprisonment for the described... |
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| IRIS 2022-8:1/19 [BG] Draft Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children | |
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On 8 June 2022, Съветът за електронни медии (the Council for Electronic Media – CEM) has initiated a public consultation on a Проект на Кодекс за поведение относно меркие за оценка, означаване и ограничаване на достъпа до предавания, които са неблагоприятни или създават опасност от увреждане на физическото, психическото, нравственото и/или социалното развитие на децата (Draft Code of Conduct on Measures to Assess, Label and Restrict Access to Programmes which are Harmful or Pose a Risk to Affect Adversely the Physical, Mental, Moral and/or Social Development of Children – the... |
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| IRIS 2022-5:1/13 [BG] CEM report on the presidential and legislative election campaigns | |
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On 14 February 2022, Съветът за електронни медии (the Council for Electronic Media – CEM) published its Report on the specialized monitoring of the election campaign for the president and vice president of the Republic of Bulgaria, and for the snap elections for the 47th Parliament. Through its monitoring, CEM establishes how media service providers reflect upon the election campaign of political parties, and to what extent media outlets comply with the requirements of Изборен кодекс (the Election Code) and Закон за радиото и телевизията (the Radio and Television Act). Through... |
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| IRIS 2022-1:1/20 [BG] Supreme Court of Cassation's decision on the right to refuse filming by journalists in the context of right to privacy | |
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In a recent decision, Върховен касационен съд (the Supreme Court of Cassation/ the Supreme Court) ruled on the boundaries between journalists’ freedom, objectivity and dissemination of information, and the right of individuals not to be filmed without their consent. The case was formed following a claim for compensation for non-pecuniary/moral damages brought by an individual against one of the national broadcasters which owns several TV channels, websites, etc. The reason for the claim was video material, broadcast on one of the national television channels, in which the... |