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Following a political agreement of June 2002 (see IRIS 2002-7: 9), the Danish Parliament, in May 2003, adopted an Act that establishes the legal basis for the impending privatisation of the national broadcaster TV2. TV2 is one of two national public service broadcasters in Denmark, the other being DR. While DR is entirely financed through public funds, this is only partly the case for TV2, which is predominantly financed through advertisements and other commercial means. According to the political agreement, the privatisation of TV2 must be subject to a number of conditions. The privatised TV2...

By Act no. 1051 of 17 December 2002, by which the Danish Copyright Act was amended, Denmark implemented Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society ("the Directive" - see IRIS 2001-5: 3). The main purpose of the Directive is to harmonise the protection of copyrights and related rights within the European Community in light of the information society. This article outlines the essential changes to the Danish legal position as a result of the Directive. Fundamentally, Denmark considered the existing Danish Copyright Act...

The Danish Government entered into a political Agreement of 3 June 2002, the Mediepolitisk aftale for 2002 - 2006 (Agreement on Media Policy for 2002-2006, "the Media Agreement" - see IRIS 2002-7: 9). Consequently, in order to support the development of Danish film art, the Government has entered into a political agreement, Filmaftalen (the Film Agreement) of 1 November 2002, with the vast majority of members of the opposition parties, on the economic framework for film support based on the resources granted by the Finance Act, and on rules providing for the principles of film policy for 2003 -...

The national film institutes of the 15 Member States of the European Union have made a common declaration on the importance of State aid for European films. This is the first time the film institutes have made a common statement. The national film institutes are publicly funded and were founded to support national and European film culture. In this common declaration the institutes express their concerns regarding the necessity for State aid for European films. The institutes are worried that the audio-visual sector in Europe will be left solely to the chances of free market forces. In the declaration,...

On 1 January 2003, a new Lov om radio- og fjernsynsvirksomhed (Danish Act on radio and television broadcasting, Act no. 1052 of 17 December 2002) came into force. The Act represents a significant liberalisation compared to the previous Act. Pursuant to Chapters 1 and 8, the right to broadcast, i.e. to provide programme services to the general public, can be obtained in three ways: 1) by specific authorisation in accordance with the Act, which is given only to the national public service broadcasters (DR and TV2, including the regional TV2 enterprises); 2) by a licence granted by the Radio and...