丹麦媒体责任法.doc

Consolidating Act 1998-02-09 no. 85. The Media Liability Act as amended by L 2000-05-31 no. 433 and L 2005-12-21 no. 1404. Part 1 Scope of the Act Section 1. The Act shall apply to the following mass media: 1) Domestic periodical publications, including images and other representations that are printed or in any other manner duplicated. 2) Sound and image programmes transmitted by Danmarks Radio (the Danish Broadcasting Corporation), TV/2 DANMARK A/S, TV 2s regional enterprises and any other undertakings authorised or registered to carry on radio or television activities. 3) Texts, images and sound programmes that are periodically imparted to the public, provided that they have the form of news presentation which can be equated with the kind of presentation to which nos. 1) and 2) of this section extends, cf. however section 8(1) of this Act. Part 2 General provisions Domestic periodical publications Section 2. By publisher of a publication shall be understood the party on whose account the publication is published. Subsection 2. A publication shall be considered to be domestic provided that the activities of the publisher are carried out in Denmark. Subsection 3. A publication shall not be considered periodical except where it is to be published at least twice a year. Section 3. Any domestic periodical publication shall specify the name of the responsible editor subject to subsection 2 of this section, in the following referred to as the editor. Subsection 2. By editor shall be understood the person authorised to make the final decisions concerning the content of the publication. No publication can have more than one editor. Subsection 3. The publisher and the editor shall be liable for any lack of or incorrect specification of the name of the editor. A person who has incorrectly been specified shall furthermore be liable provided that he or she has consented to his or her name being stated. Section 4. The editor shall, upon request, notify anybo