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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...

The Danish Broadcasting Act was amended in December 1996. The new provisions came into force in January 1997. The background for the amendments is the political agreement from May last year between the government and all parties in the Parliament (except the left-wing Enhedslisten ) on the framework for the electronic media for 1997-2000. The main features of the amendments are the following: The two public service broadcasters Danmarks Radio (radio and TV) and TV 2 (TV only) are given increased economic freedom. The two broadcasters will be allowed to establish subsidiary companies for other...

On 10 May 1996 the Danish Government and nearly all parties in Parliament (except one: the Enhedslisten) entered into a broadcasting agreement laying down the framework for Danish radio and television for the next four years. The aim of the agreement is to secure that Danish electronic media and the Danish audiovisual industry are given as wide a framework as possible and to make it possible for the media to meet the increasing competition from abroad and the challenges posed by the technological development. Some important elements are the following: - Considerable extra funds are set aside...

On 12 June 1996 an amendment to the Danish Broadcasting Act was passed by the Danish Parliament (Folketinget). It enables Danmarks Radio TV (DRTV) and TV2 - the two Danish public service broadcastersto establish new satellite channels. The passing of the Act is part of the agreement between 7 out of 8 political parties in Parliament ( see elsewhere in this issue of IRIS). The purpose of separating the satellite issue from the rest of the planned amendments is to ensure the indisputable right of DRTV to launch a new channel, DR2, on 30 August 1996. DR2 is to be broadcast by digital as well as analogue...