Iris - Legal Observations of the 
European Audiovisual Observatory
no. 9, 2007

  This magazine provides news on legal developments in Europe in the fields of broadcasting, cinema and new media.

Of interest among the international news: the report on the antitrust case Microsoft vs European Commission, presenting the judgment of the European Court of First Instance on Microsoft's abuse of a dominant position in the software field.

Of interest among the national news: the court case in France where the Conseil d'Etat confirmed the decision that French public funding for cinema is only available for European productions.

Also worth attention: the recent legal amendments in the Russian Federation, aimed at increasing liability for extremist activities, including the production and dissemination of extremism materials in the media.

The individual articles of Iris are available from the website of the European Audiovisual Observatory at this external link.

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