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Refine your search| IRIS 2022-2:1/12 [RO] Modification of the audiovisual and cinematography legislation | |
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The Chamber of Deputies (lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament) adopted on 7 December 2021 the Draft Law for the amendment and completion of the Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002, and the amendment and completion of the Government Ordinance no. 39/2005 on cinematography (see inter alia IRIS 2013-6/28, IRIS 2017-1/30, IRIS 2017-2/27, IRIS 2017-7/28, IRIS 2018-6/30, IRIS 2018-8/36, IRIS 2018-10/22, IRIS 2018-10/23, IRIS 2019-1/31, IRIS 2019-2/21, IRIS 2019-4/29, and IRIS 2019-5/22). The Draft law was sent to the Senate (upper chamber) whose decision will be final. The project aims at transposing... |
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| IRIS 2022-2:1/19 [DE] Proceedings opened against RT for broadcasting without a licence | |
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The dispute over the distribution of the RT DE television channel in Germany is threatening to become another area of conflict in what has, for many years, been an increasingly tense relationship between the Russian Federation and Germany. On 16 December 2021, RT (previously known as Russia Today) launched RT DE, a new live German-language channel. However, it did not have a German broadcasting licence for the channel, but instead used a licence issued in Serbia. A previous attempt by the broadcaster to obtain a licence from Luxembourg had failed. However, since the broadcaster does not hold... |
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| IRIS 2021-10:1/14 [DE] October entry into force for NetzDG appeal procedure | |
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On 1 October 2021, new rules establishing an appeal procedure for social networks and video-sharing platform services entered into force in Germany. The rules were introduced as part of the latest reform of the Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (Network Enforcement Act – NetzDG) under the Gesetz zur Änderung des Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetzes (Act to Amend the Network Enforcement Act) of 3 June 2021. For video-sharing platform services, the appeal procedure has been applicable to user-generated videos and programmes since 28 June 2021. Since 1 October 2021, as well as social networks, video-sharing... |
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| IRIS 2021-10:1/15 [DE] German court rules that YouTube’s deletion of COVID-19 videos was unlawful | |
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In a press release of 12 October 2021, the Landgericht Köln (Cologne regional court – LG Köln) announced that it had decided in summary proceedings (case nos. 28 O 351/21 and 28 O 350/21) that YouTube had unfairly deleted two user-generated videos, featuring reports and interviews concerning COVID-19, on the basis of its general terms and conditions. As part of the “#allesaufdentisch” campaign, which went viral at the end of September this year, various German artists uploaded onto the YouTube video-sharing platform video clips of interviews with comments by so-called... |
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| IRIS 2021-9:1/25 [LT] Radio and Television Commission adopts rules for codes of ethics for audiovisual media services and video sharing platforms | |
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On 8 September 2021, the Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos komisija (Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania — RTCL) approved the description of the requirements to be applied to codes of ethics for audiovisual media services providers and video sharing platform services providers, and for the evaluation of their effectiveness (Sprendimas dėl Audiovizualinės žiniasklaidos paslaugų teikėjų ir dalijimosi vaizdo medžiaga platformos paslaugų teikėjų taikomų elgesio (etikos) kodeksų ar jų dalių veiksmingumo nustatymo tvarkos aprašo patvirtinimo; the requirements). According to the... |