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Denmark has implemented the provisions of the "Television without Frontiers" Directive concerning the access of the public to major sports events. This makes Denmark the first Member State to take national measures pursuant to Article 3A of the Directive which ensures that broadcasters under its jurisdiction do not broadcast on an exclusive basis any events which are regarded by Denmark as being of major importance for society in such a way as to deprive a substantial proportion of the Danish public of the possibility of following such events via live coverage or deferred coverage on free television....

On 15 December 1997 representatives of the Government of Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark signed a Film and Video Co-Production Agreement. The agreement applies to all films produced by independent producers for exploitation in cinemas, on television, videocassette or by any other form of distribution, whether now known or to become known and irrespective of the film genre (feature film, animation or documentary), the length and the format. The films falling within the scope of this agreement are considered to be national works in accordance with the legislation applying in both countries. Accordingly,...

On 29 October 1997 a Bill on TV-rights to important sports events was proposed to the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). The Bill was drafted to transpose Article 3a of the revised "Television without Frontiers" Directive into Danish law. The Bill gives the Minister of Culture the power to lay down rules in accordance with Art. 3a, 1. These rules will be issued after the enacment of the Bill by Parliament, by means of an Executive Order containing the list of important events as well as special arrangements in connection with the list (regarding live or deferred transmission etc.). It is proposed...

The Danish High Court decided that the broadcasting of a cinemascope film that had been put on video tape (pan-scanned), was an infringement of the moral rights of the director of the film, since he had not waived his rights by contract. The American film director, Sydney Pollack, sued public broadcaster DR (Danmarks Radio) for showing a pan-scanned version of Pollacks "Three Days of the Condor". The film was originally produced in the cinemascope format with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, but the scanning reduced the film format to a TV format of 1.33:1. Pollack claimed, on the basis of Sec. 3(2)...

In March 1997, a new Film Act was adopted in Denmark, of which the main features are the following: The State film bodies, including the Danish Film Institute, the National Film Board of Denmark, the Danish Film Museum, the Danish Film Institute Workshop and the National Film Censorship Board are merged into one institution called the Danish Film Institute. The Institute has the same tasks as the separate institutions it replaces. The age limits of film censorship are now lowered from 12 and 16 to 11 and 15. The guiding age limit of 7 is preserved. The guiding age limit means that parents are advised...