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On 30 May 2024 the Danish Parliament passed a bill on Certain Media Service Providers’ Contribution to Promote Danish Culture (the Act), with entry into force on 1 July. Prior to this, the Act had been adjusted somewhat to comply with the European Commission’s comments from early May. The purpose of the Act is to introduce an obligation for VOD service providers to pay a cultural contribution to promote Danish culture. Under the Act, providers of VOD services must make an annual payment to the Danish state of 2% (the "basic levy") of their turnover in Denmark stemming...

The Danish Copyright Act has been amended several times over the past three years: In 2021, it was amended to implement the SatCabII Directive and Articles 15 and 17 of the DSM Directive on press publications and online content-sharing service providers, respectively. In 2023 it was amended to implement the rest of the DSM Directive, including the text and data mining provisions and measures to improve licensing practises and achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright. On 4 June 2024, the Danish Parliament enacted more amendments to the Danish Copyright Act....

On 19 December 2023 the Danish Parliament passed a bill on the contribution of certain media service providers to the promotion of Danish culture (the Act on Cultural Contribution). However, due to a procedural irregularity, the EU Commission had not been notified of the legislation in time; the bill did not therefore receive royal assent, and the legislative process had to be repeated. Consequently, a bill for the Act on Cultural Contribution was sent for a second round of public hearings with a deadline of 1 March 2024; it was presented in parliament on 12 April, then presented to the...

On 19 December 2023 the Danish Parliament passed a bill on Certain Media Service Providers’ Contribution to Promote Danish Culture (the Act on Cultural Contribution). However, due to a procedural irregularity, the EU Commission had not been notified of the legislation in time, which is why the bill did not receive Royal Assent, and the legislative process must be repeated. According to the Act, providers of on-demand audiovisual media services must make an annual payment to the Danish state of 2% of their turnover in Denmark stemming from the on-demand service and an additional 3% if...

On 1 June 2023 – about two years late – the Danish Parliament passed a bill to implement the Digital Single Market (DSM) Directive in full. This led to the introduction of such things as new rules on text and data mining in sections 11b and 11c of the Danish Copyright Act, equivalent to DSM Directive Articles 3 and 4 (where section 11c corresponds to Article 3 and section 11b to Article 4). There was no provision in the Danish rules, nor any indication in the legislative history, regarding extended collective licensing in connection with text and data mining, often referred to as...