Conditional Access Convention

Conditional Access Convention
European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access
Signed 24 January 2001
Location Strasbourg
Effective 1 July 2003
Condition 3 ratifications
Signatories 11
Parties 7 COE states and the European Union
Depositary Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Languages English and French[1]

The Conditional Access Convention, formally the European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access is a convention of the Council of Europe, which requires its parties to make pieces of software that circumvent paywalls for television and radio programmes as well as "information society services".[1] The convention is based on the Conditional Access Directive which already required European Union Member states to enact similar legislation.

As of September 2015, seven COE members as well as the European Union are party to the convention, covering in total 31 states.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access". Council of Europe.
  2. ↑ "European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access, parties". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
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