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The Act of 1 August 2000 reforming the audiovisual sector (see report in this IRIS) inserts four articles concerning the Internet in the Act of 30 September 1986 (as amended) in Section 6 entitled "Provisions concerning on-line communication services other than private correspondence". The provisions were introduced during the parliamentary debate on the initiative of the member of parliament Patrick Bloche in reaction to recent case-law on the matter (cases involving Estelle Halliday and Lynda Lacoste; see IRIS 1999-5: 3 and IRIS 2000-1: 12), and have been much amended. The new Articles 43-9 and...

On 25 August 2000, the Act on Classification of Audiovisual Programmes, the Act on the Finnish Board of Film Classification, the Act on the amendment of the Penal Code (§ 19) and the Act on the amendment of the Act on Television- and Radio Operations (Laki kuvaohjelmien tarkastamisesta, laki Valtion elokuvatarkastamosta, laki rikoslain 17 luvun muuttamisesta ja laki televisio- ja radiotoiminnasta annetun lain 19 pykälän muuttamisesta) were confirmed and will enter into force on 1 January 2001. The acts replace the Act of Film Classification (299/1965), the Act Relating to the Inspection of Video...

After three years of preparation and any amount of being passed back and forth in Parliament, the Act reforming the audiovisual sector, aimed in particular at strengthening the public sector and opening the way for the development of terrestrially-broadcast digital television in France, was adopted on 29 June. Apart from a few minor points, most of the text was declared to be in compliance with the Constitution by the Constitutional Council on 27 July. Firstly, the Act restructures public-sector audiovisual communication, making considerable amendments to the Act of 30 September 1986. The central...

On 3 July 2000, a user of the Offener Kanal Berlin (Berlin Open Channel) was permanently banned from using the channel by the Media Council of the Berlin-Brandenburg Media Authority (MABB) after repeatedly using it to disseminate right-wing extremist material. The person concerned was responsible for Radio Germania, which had broadcast a total of fourteen times on the Offener Kanal Berlin since 1996. He had been banned from the channel for one year in 1997 for disseminating material liable to corrupt young people. The Media Council based its decision to ban the broadcaster permanently on Section...

Since 1991 the Flemish Broadcasting legislation, with some modifications, stipulates a ban on advertising immediately before and after children's programmes. In a time period of 5 minutes before and after programmes targetting children under 12, no advertising or sponsorship messages are allowed. For many years the commercial broadcasting organisation VTM and its second channel Kanaal 2 have been opposed to this provision of the Broadcasting Decree and have sought the abrogation of the 5-minute rule. A decree proposed in the Flemish Parliament some months ago, however, went in the opposite direction...