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A new Government bill (HE 181/2014 vp) proposes amendments to the Finnish Copyright Act (Tekijänoikeuslaki 404/1961). One of these amendments concerns new provisions on extended collective licences for network personal video recorder (PVR) services provided by third parties, such as IPTV companies. Early in 2014, a solution for copyright-proof recording services was introduced, which was based on negotiations between core actors in the field, including leading broadcasters, teleoperators and collective management societies representing authors, performers, musicians, and producers. Later the same...

The government has proposed (HE 181/2014 vp) amendments to the Finnish Copyright Act (404/1961). One of these amendments concerns new provisions on extended collective licencing for net-PVR services provided by third parties, such as IPTV companies. Early in 2014, a solution for copyright-proof recording services was introduced, which was based on negotiations between core actors in the field, namely broadcasters MTV Oy, Sanoma Entertainment Finland Oy, Yleisradio Oy, teleoperators DNA Oy, Elisa Oyj and Teliasonera Finland Oy, as well as collecting societies Kopiosto, Teosto and Tuotos, representing...

Two cases that have been previously reported in IRIS, Perinçek v. Switzerland (see IRIS 2014-2/1) and Pentikäinen v. Finland (see IRIS 2014-4/2), were referred to the Grand Chamber on 2 June 2014. The consequence of the referrals is that neither the judgment of 17 December 2013 in Perinçek v. Switzerland, nor the judgment of 4 February 2014 in Pentikäinen v. Finland have become final. In its application of Article 43 of the Convention the panel of the Grand Chamber was of the opinion that both cases raise serious questions affecting the interpretation or application of the Convention, or concern...

The 67^th Cannes Festival provided an occasion for French cinema to develop its presence outside its national borders. Two conventions aimed at promoting French cinema worldwide were signed on 18 May 2014 by Aurélie Filippetti, Minister for Culture, and Fleur Pellerin, Secretary of State with responsibility for foreign trade. The first, signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development and the Centre national de la cinématographie et de l'image animée (National Centre of Cinematography - CNC), in conjunction with the Institut Français and Unifrance Film, involves...

Can a title of a newspaper article that could be interpreted as damaging the reputation of a public person justify a criminal conviction of the journalist who wrote the article, while the article itself is written in good faith and does not contain any factual errors or defamatory allegations? That is the question the European Court needed to answer in a recent case against Finland. The applicant in this case is Tiina Johanna Salumäki, a journalist working for the newspaper Ilta-Sanomat. Ms Salumäki published an article concerning the investigation into a homicide (of P.O.). The front page of the...