Resumen de Finland: : Reintroduction of remuneration for “must-carry” retransmission
The remuneration for retransmission of programmes subject to a “must-carry” obligation was reintroduced to the Finnish Copyright Act (404/1961). The amendments to Sections 25(i) and 47 of the Copyright Act entered into force on 1 June 2015. Previously, Section 25(i) of the Copyright Act required no separate authorisation and right-holders were not entitled to remuneration for retransmitted works. Reference was made to Section 134 of the Communications Market Act, which included the “must-carry” obligation. However, this obligation is currently found in Section 227 of the Information Society Code (917/2014), which entered into force on 1 January 2015. Similar arrangements covered Section 47 of the Copyright Act on the use of sound phonograms.
