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Hungary's copyright law, which is based on the Copyright Act No. III of 26 April 1969 - last amended by Chapter II of Act No. VII, modifying several regulations on protection of industrial property and copyright of 8 February 1994was again amended on 19 September 1996. The last change in the copyright law principally increased the protection period to 70 years and reorganised the neighbouring rights of performing artists, sound recording manufacturers and radio and television companies, and a government decree has now amended the law on performing rights societies. The Hungarian system for collective...

In IRIS 1996-5: 10 we published an overview of the State of Signatures and Ratifications of all European Conventions and other international treaties that are relevant to the audio-visual sector. In IRIS 1996-7: 5, IRIS 1996-8: 6 (September issue), IRIS 1996-9: 7 (October issue), IRIS 1996-10: 5 and in IRIS Special 1996 we updated this overview. We can now report that in the meantime, Slovakia ratified the European Convention on transfrontier television. Slovakia, which signed this Convention on 11 September 1996, ratified it on 20 January 1997. Consequently, the date of entry into force will be...

On 21 December 1995 the Hungarian Parliament adopted the new Broadcasting Act (as reported in IRIS 1996-1: 14, IRIS 1996-3:15 and IRIS 1996-7:14). The Act has now also been published in German and English in the Hungarian official journal.

In IRIS 1996-5: 10 we published an overview of the state of Signatures and Ratifications of, inter alia , the European Convention on Transfrontier Television, on 1 May 1996. We reported that Hungary signed this Convention on 29 January 1990. In the meantime, Hungary also ratified the Convention. Ratification took place on 2 September 1996, which means that the Convention will enter into force for Hungary on 1 January 1997. The instrument of ratification was accompanied by a Reservation and a Declaration. Both are available from the Observatory in English or French, upon request.

In IRIS 1996-1 : 14 and 1996-3 : 15, we reported on the coming into force of the new Hungarian Radio and Television Act of 1 February 1996. The act means that Hungary too now has a dual broadcasting system. State broadcasting authorities must be converted into public law institutions, and commercial broadcasting bodies (some are already operating) brought into line with the new legislation. New supervisory bodies have been elected for Hungarian Radio and Television and for the Duna satellite service. They have advertised the directorships of the various institutions and have already filled some...