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On 14 October 2015, the Grand Chamber of the Civil and Commercial Division of the Supreme Court concluded that the copyright exception for health facilities, according to § 23 of the Copyright Act, does not apply to patients staying in spa facilities. According to the exception, no remuneration has to be paid for the broadcast of works protected by copyright in healthcare facilities. The collective management society OSA demanded payments totalling CZK 553,935 (approximately EUR 20.500) from the spa facility Léčebné lázně Mariánské lázně, for the unauthorised use of works protected by copyright...

In October 2015, the Law on the Prohibition of Owning, Editing, Publishing and the Usage of Materials, which come from Illegal Communications’ Surveillance (Zakon za zabrana za poseduvanje, obrabotka, objavuvanje i raspolaganje so materijali koi proizleguvaat od nezakonsko sledenje na komunikaciite) was proposed by two Members of Parliament from the ruling majority. The law aims to prevent the media from publishing wiretapped conversations of the most senior politicians, which may reveal their heavy criminal activities. The country is in the middle of the deepest political crisis since its independence...

The City Court of Prague dismissed the action of the company UPC against a decision of the Chairman of the Council of the Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU). The Chairman of the CTU decided to impose a fine on UPC for the neglect of its duty to inform its customers about new prices pursuant to section 63, paragraph 6 of the Electronic Communications Act. In May 2012, UPC increased the price for the use of its modems, started charging for the use of set-top-boxes, and increased the monthly fee for providing internet services, without informing their customers of the changes. Consequently denying...

In its monitoring report of June 2015, the Czech Telecom Office (CTU) announced that it has fined the M7 Group, which operates the DTH platforms Skylink and the CS Link, CZK 9.5 million (EUR 350,660) for failing to inform the regulator about the commencement of its activities in the country. The Czech law requires the providers of electronic communication services to register the start of their activities with the CTU. The Group M7 is one of the major service providers of electronic communications in the Czech Republic. Its services are distributed by Astra and received by one tenth of the country’s...

On 23 October 2014 the Parliament of the Czech Republic approved an amendment to the Copyright Act. The amendment fulfills obligations for the Czech Republic’s membership in the European Union. Namely, the extension of the term of protection of property rights of performers in their artistic performances recorded on sound recordings, and property rights of phonogram producers for their records. Furthermore, the introduction of appropriate accompanying measures in favor of performers (annual supplementary remuneration, the right to withdraw from the contract and the right to remuneration), and the...