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Art. 19 para. 1 of the Cypriot Constitution of 16 August 1960, last amended through Act No. 106(I) of 1996, ensures the right to freedom of speech and expression. The right to express opinions in any form is enshrined in para. 2, which guarantees the right to hold opinions and the right to receive and impart information without interference by any public authority and regardless of frontiers. The exercise of the rights provided in paras 1 and 2 is subject to restrictions listed in para. 3. However, limitations in the form of formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties must be prescribed...

Τhe Act on the protection of the commercial exploitation of cinematographic works No. 159/1990 aims at protecting the cinematographic industry from commercial exploitation of cinema films for private use. It provides that cinema works cannot be copied and sold for private use unless specific time has elapsed since their production. In order for a cinematographic work to be protected, a number of requirements shall be met: (a) The work is destined for screening in cinema halls, (b) an application by a film distributor must be deposited with the Minister of the Interior and (c) the time elapsed since...