Mass Media Act - SRDF：大众传媒法- SRDF.docVIP

Mass Media Act(Zakon o medijih; ZMed) Title I COMMON PROVISIONS Section 1 INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS subject of the law Article 1 The present act shall stipulate the rights, obligations and responsibilities of legal and natural persons and the public interest of the Republic of Slovenia in the area of the mass media. mass media Article 2 (1) Under the present act mass media are newspapers and magazines, radio and television stations, electronic publications, teletext and other forms of editorially formulated programming published daily or periodically through the transmission of written material, vocal material, sound or pictures in a manner accessible to the public. (2) Under the present act programming comprises information of all types (news, opinion, notices, reports and other information) and works under copyright disseminated via mass media for the purpose of informing the public, satisfying the publics cultural, educational and other needs, and communicating on a mass basis. (3) The term mass media does not cover bulletins, catalogues, other forms of publication of information intended exclusively for advertising, business communication, educational processes or the internal work of companies, institutions and foundations, societies, political parties, and church and other organisations, school gazettes, the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia and the official gazettes of local communities, other official publications, posters, pamphlets, brochures and transparencies, and video pages without moving pictures (unpaid reports), unless stipulated otherwise by law. activities of disseminating programming Article 3 Activities of disseminating programming encompass the activities of publishing newspapers, magazines and periodicals, radio and television activities, and the issue of electronic publications irrespective of the technical form of the medium on which they are issued. the public interest in the area of the mass media Article 4 (1) The Republic of S