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On 29 February 2012 the Copyright Review Committee published Copyright and Innovation: A Consultation Paper. The Committee was established in May 2011 to examine the current copyright legislative framework in Ireland and to identify any areas of the legislation that might be deemed to create barriers to innovation (see IRIS 2011-7/27). The aim of the Consultation Paper is to begin the process of identifying possible reforms to Irish copyright law in order to further innovation, without denying protection to those who require copyright law in order to innovate. The Consultation Paper is based on...

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) on 25 January 2012 announced that the funding scheme it had developed to support the archiving of broadcast material has been approved by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. A funding scheme was provided for under s.154(1)(e) of the Broadcasting Act 2009. However, when approval was sought from the European Commission in 2010, the wording of section 154(1)(e) was found to be incompatible with EU state aid rules, as it related only to material produced in Ireland. In order to obtain EU approval and to ensure the non-discriminatory...

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) on 13 September 2011 published an updated BAI Broadcasting Code on Referenda and Election Coverage (Election Code). The updated Election Code sets out rules with which all Irish broadcasters must comply when covering all relevant elections and polls (Referenda; General, Presidential, European and Local elections; Senate elections and By-elections) held in Ireland. The Broadcasting Act 2009 s.42 provides that the BAI shall prepare, and from time to time as occasion requires, revise codes governing standards and practice to be observed by broadcasters....

The purpose of the international tax credit instituted by the 2009 Budget and embodied in Art. 220 quaterdecies of the General Tax Code is to make it easier to shoot and manufacture in France cinematographic and audiovisual works originated by a non-French producer and containing elements that attach it to the culture, heritage or territory of France. Thus the tax credit is granted to a company that carries out the executive production of a work in France, subject to the company being approved by the national cinematographic centre (Centre National de la Cinématographie - CNC). The credit represents...

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has published a revised General Commercial Communications Code and a revised Children’s Commercial Communications Code. The two revised Codes came into effect on Monday, 2 May 2011. The codes replace the BCI General Advertising Code and the BCI Children’s Code respectively (see IRIS 2010-1/30). The codes update the standards that must be met by radio and television advertising, sponsorship, product placement and other forms of commercial communications broadcast within the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ireland. The new codes give legal effect to the...