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Refine your search| IRIS 2025-1:1/5 [ES] Draft royal decree regulating the granting of extended collective licences for mass exploitation of works protected by intellectual property rights for the development of general-purpose AI models | |
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On 19 November 2024, the Spanish government presented a draft royal decree aimed at regulating the granting of extended collective licences for the mass exploitation of works and performances protected by intellectual property rights in the development of general-purpose artificial intelligence models. This instrument is designed to balance technological developments with the protection of rightsholders in order to promote the development of artificial intelligence as a strategic sector. The royal decree transposes EU Directive 2019/790, which allows member states to introduce mechanisms... |
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| IRIS 2024-10:1/18 [ES] The Spanish Government approves changes to the RTVE board of directors in a context of corporate crisis and instability | |
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On 22 October 2024, Royal Decree-Law 5/2004 amending the governance model of the state-level public service broadcaster (RTVE) was published. Against the backdrop of a corporate crisis, the public corporation has been in a situation of institutional standstill and its board of directors in a state of provisionality since the resignation of José Manuel Pérez Tornero in September 2022, who was the last president of RTVE elected by the Congress of Deputies. In consideration of this the Spanish Government decided to change the Board of Directors’ composition, increasing the number... |
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| IRIS 2024-9:1/25 [ES] The Council of Ministers approves the Action Plan for Democracy, which includes the creation of a media register | |
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On 17 September, the Spanish government presented its Action Plan for Democracy after it had been approved by the Council of Ministers. This Action Plan for Democracy, announced by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez last July, consists of 31 measures to be implemented over the next three years. It is structured around three main axes: 1) improving government information; 2) strengthening transparency, plurality and responsibility in the media; and 3) reinforcing the transparency of the legislative branch and the electoral system. The measures announced under the second axis are in line with... |
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| IRIS 2024-7:1/20 [ES] The Spanish Data Protection Agency suspends the launch of Meta's Election Day Information and Voter Information Unit functionalities in Spain for three months | |
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On 31 May, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) issued a precautionary measure preventing Meta from implementing two electoral features it had planned to launch in the context of the European Parliament elections: Election Day Information (EDI) and Voter Information Unit (VIU). These functionalities would consist of providing information to Facebook and Instagram users about the European Union elections, based on the processing of their personal data (username, IP address, age, gender, and other information). The precautionary suspension is valid for a maximum period of three months. The... |
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| IRIS 2024-7:1/21 [ES] The Spanish Supreme Court endorses an amendment to RTVE's statute granting executive powers to the interim president | |
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On 31 May, the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal lodged against the Council of Ministers' resolution authorising an amendment to the statute of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation (RTVE) to grant executive functions to the broadcaster's interim president. Consequently, the current interim president of RTVE, Concepción Cascajosa, can continue, albeit temporarily, at the helm of the public broadcaster. The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by the unions USO, UGT, and SI against the Council of Ministers' resolution of 4 October 2022. This resolution amended... |