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The Parliament of the Republic of Albania rejected the Annual Report of the National Council of RadioTelevision, the state authority for the licensing and monitoring of private radio and television in Albania, regarding the activity that occurred in 2001. The Annual Report of the National Council, according to law no. 8410 of 30 September 1998 "On private and public radio and television in the Republic of Albania" is presented to the Parliament every year and has to be approved by 2/3 of the votes of all the Members of Parliament. This qualified majority of votes, required by law, is intended...

The People's Advocate (Ombudsman), Mr. Ermir Dobjani has recently expressed his concern regarding the improper implementation on the part of the Albanian Institutions of Law No. 8503 dated 30 June 1999 "The right to information about official documents". In a letter addressed to all the major state institutions and even to the Prime Minister, Mr. Dobjani points out the need for the implementation of the law passed two years ago, giving the relevant recommendations for this purpose. Two years after the establishment of the Institution of the People's Advocate in Albania, the number of complaints...

The National Council of Radio and Television has fined five local private television stations up to EUR 13,000. Koha TV, Telenorba Shqiptare, Vision Plus, Shijak TV and Top Channel are the latest to have penalties imposed on them by the State Authority for Licensing and Monitoring in Albania. The official reason for these penalties is the "violation of the rules for fair competition" and "arbitrary expansion of the licensing area". In other words: these private television channels, which have been granted a license for local television transmission, that is covering only a limited area with their...

In a letter addressed to state authorities on 8 January 2002, "Albautor", the only independent rights-management association dealing with copyright protection, gave an overview on the protection of copyright in the audiovisual sector. "Albautor" has signed 40 contracts with Albanian private radio and television operators in accordance with copyright law. The contract with "Albautor", a legal obligation deriving from Law No. 8410 for public and private Radio and Television in the Republic of Albania of 30 September 1998 (see IRIS 1999-2: 11), is one of the requirements that must be fulfilled in...

On 5 October 2001 the Parliament of the Republic of Albania passed a "Law on Supplements and Amendments to Law No. 7564 on Copyright". For the main part the amendments introduce new civil law sanctions for piracy of intellectual property as up to now the Law "On Copyright" provided for criminal prosecution only. Accordingly, national radio and television stations, hotels, producers of tapes and video cassettes as well as other producers of artistic works now have to pay fines of EUR 600 to 3000 in cases of violation of intellectual property rights. Local radio and television stations, discos,...