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On 20.06.1996, the Parliament of the Czech Republic approved a new consolidated version of Czech copyright law (Law no.175 of 20.06.1996 on Literary, Scientific and Artistic Works). This law revises all copyright law in the Czech Republic, which had for a long time been based on the Law on literary, scientific and artistic works no. 35 of 25.03.1965, which was frequently amended, most recently by Law no. 237 of 27.09.1995 (as reported in IRIS no. 4/1996, p. 9). The Law is divided into various sections, the first covering authors' rights, the second the rights of performing artists, and the fourth...

The activity of copyright enforcement associations in the Czech Republic has recently been newly and comprehensively regulated by Act No. 237 of 27 September 1995. The act makes changes in the copyright regulations embodied in Act No. 35/1965, the "Act on literary, scientific and artistic works" of 25 March 1965, last amended by Act No. 89/1990, and in a series of regulations on fees payable on works covered by copyright and associated rights. Specifically, the act covers the public reproduction of works, the renting and hiring out of works, and remuneration for the private use of works. A new...

In the past, Europe Agreements were concluded establishing an association between the European Communities, of the one part, and Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic respectively, of the other part ( see: IRIS 1995-2: 4). On 4 December 1995, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission approved Additional Protocols to the Europe Agreements with each of these countries, signed during the summer of 1995. The Additional Protocol opens up the possibility to the associated countries of participating in a number of Community framework programmes, specific programmes,...

On 9 February 1995, the Parliament of the Czech Republic passed a law governing advertising in the media. The law prohibits certain practices and lays down general restrictions, as well as regulations relating to supervision and penalties. Part of the law amends law No. 468 of 30 October 1991 covering audiovisual programmes. Law No.4 of 15 December 1992 had confirmed the current legal validity of this law, which dates back to ex-Czechoslovakia. The new law states that commercials should only be shown between programmes, except for those programmes made up of several separate parts, with breaks...

The Czech Government has submitted draft principles for a new press act to the relevant parliamentary committee. The new act is intended to replace the current Act No. 81/1966 on the periodical press and other mass media, as amended by Act No. 86/1990 of 28 March 1990. While the amended act of 1990 essentially abolished the state's press monopoly, regulated freedom of the press and accelerated the registration procedure, the new bill modifies some of the rights and obligations applying to publication and dissemination of the periodical press. Among other things, the bill defines the terms "periodical...