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On 21 March, David Kessler, Director General of the CNC, delivered his report on defining audiovisual works to Catherine Tasca, Minister for Culture and Communications. He had been asked to produce this study following the dispute that occurred in November 2001 (see IRIS 2002-1: 8) as a result of the CNC placing the television programme "Popstars" in the 'audiovisual works' category, thereby providing its producer with access to the support fund. The programme was consequently included by the CSA in its calculation of works included in quotas. The existence of a number of different ideas of the...

Set up in May 2001 (see IRIS 2001-6: 14), the Conseil supérieur de la propriété intellectuelle (Intellectual Property Board - CSPLA) - the mediation body responsible for matters involving intellectual property - has adopted a number of opinions recently and its progress deserves a mention here. The CSPLA comprises four committees: "copyright of private-law salaried creators", "copyright of creators with the status of public agents", "private digital copying" and "joint copyright office". The purpose of the first committee is to seek means of ensuring the effective implementation of the copyright...

In the context of the thorough re-examination of the ethics of advertising and following the recommendation "on the image of the human person" last October, the Bureau de Vérification de la Publicité (Advertisement Board - BVP) - a professional self-regulatory institution involving both advertisers and agencies - presented its new "Child" recommendation on 14 March. The previous recommendation in this area dates back to 1975, and some of its provisions have been supplemented and updated, particularly as regards the provisions concerning decency and dignity, which now go beyond merely preventing...

The commercialisation of broadcasting rights for sports events on radio remains a matter for debate. On 14 March the "Sport Libre" EIG, whose membership includes most French radio stations, and Radio France applied to the Conseil d'État as an urgent matter to have the French national football league prevented from granting exclusivity to any one radio station for the events and competitions it organises, and from making over any rights in this respect, and to maintain the possibility of freely reporting on such events and competitions live on radio. The applicants felt that the matter was urgent...

There is fierce debate at present on the rights for broadcasting football matches on radio. While the French Minister for Sport, Marie-George Buffet, has said that she is opposed to any form of commercialisation or monopoly, on 22 February 2002 the French national football league (LNF) invited applications from radio stations wishing to buy the broadcasting rights for the competitions it organises (national championships in divisions 1 and 2, league cup). The radio station RMC Info has acquired exclusive coverage of the World Cup by an agreement reached with the Kirch Group. For many of those involved...