The Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland is an advocacy group with international links,based in the Netherlands,which represents the interests of the Dutch entertainment industry and is organised under the Dutch law through the legal form of stichting. It is notable for launching court proceedings against copyright infringement in the country and for engaging in lobbying in order to create legal precedents of global significance.
Copyright in the Netherlands is governed by the Dutch Copyright Law,copyright is the exclusive right of the author of a work of literature or artistic work to publish and copy such work.
Same-sex marriage is legal in Aruba and Curaçao,two constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,in accordance with a ruling from the Supreme Court of the Netherlands issued on 12 July 2024. In September 2021,a lower court in Curaçao ruled that preventing same-sex couples from marrying violates the equality provisions of the Constitution of Curaçao,but left the decision of whether to legalise same-sex marriage up to the Parliament. In December 2022,the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba,Curaçao,Sint Maarten,and of Bonaire,Sint Eustatius and Saba ruled on appeal that Aruba's and Curaçao's same-sex marriage bans were unconstitutional. The court order was set to go into effect on 7 March 2023 if not appealed to the Supreme Court;however,the governments of both Curaçao and Aruba subsequently appealed. On 12 July 2024,the Supreme Court upheld the lower court ruling,effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in Aruba and Curaçao with immediate effect.
The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work. It is awarded annually by the Stripschap,the Dutch Society of comics fans,since 1974. The prize is non-pecuniary,but is considered the most important award for comics in the country.
The Copyright Act 1957 as amended governs the subject of copyright law in India. The Act is applicable from 21 January 1958. The history of copyright law in India can be traced back to its colonial era under the British Empire. The Copyright Act 1957 was the first post-independence copyright legislation in India and the law has been amended six times since 1957. The most recent amendment was in the year 2012,through the Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012.
Bernard Johannes "Joost" Eerdmans is a Dutch politician,broadcaster and former civil servant who has served as Leader of JA21 since 18 December 2020,a party he co-founded with Annabel Nanninga. Elected to the House of Representatives in the 2021 general election,he took office on 31 March 2021. Eerdmans had previously served as a member of the House of Representatives from 23 May 2002 until 30 November 2006 for the Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) and as an Independent.
Lodewijk Frans Asscher is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2016 to 2021 and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.
According to research done by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),the Netherlands is ranked with Switzerland in having the most broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants,has no bandwidth caps,and has the most homes passed in Europe in terms of connection speeds of 50 Mbit/s and higher.
Emma Eleonora (Esmé) Wiegman-van Meppelen Scheppink is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie) she was an MP from 1 March 2007 to 19 September 2012. She focused on matters of the European Union,public health,welfare,sports,spatial planning and natural environment.
Heidevolk is a folk metal band from the Netherlands. The lyrical themes of their music are inspired by nature,the history of Gelderland,and Germanic mythology. Most of their lyrics are in Dutch;however,on their 2015 album,Velua,they have one original English song,"Vinland",and several English covers. Their 2018 album,Vuur van verzet,contains two English-language songs:"A Wolf in My Heart" and "The Alliance".
Boris van der Ham is a Dutch writer,humanist,former politician,and actor. On 23 May 2002,he became a member of the House of Representatives for the Democrats 66 (D66),a social liberal party. From 24 November 2012 to 21 November 2020,he was the president of the Humanistisch Verbond.
Pirate Party is a label adopted by certain political parties around the world. These parties typically espouse a set of values and policies related to civil rights,digital rights,internet freedom,direct democracy,and participatory democracy. Additionally,they often advocate for reforms of copyright and patent laws to make them more flexible and open,with the aim of encouraging innovation and creativity. This often involves opposition to patent-based monopolies. Furthermore,Pirate Party members tend to support the use of free and open-source software,free sharing of knowledge,information privacy,transparency,freedom of information,free speech,anti-corruption,net neutrality,importance of cybersecurity and protecting digital infrastructure from threats,decentralized technologies and platforms,self-governance in online spaces,strong encryption and anonymity to protect personal data and individual privacy both online and offline from mass surveillance,censorship and Big Tech's misuse.
Rooting is the process by which users of Android devices can attain privileged control over various subsystems of the device,usually smartphones and tablets. Because Android is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel,rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative (superuser) permissions as on Linux or any other Unix-like operating system such as FreeBSD or macOS.
Fatma Koşer Kaya is a Dutch lawyer and politician of Turkish origin. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) she was an MP from 8 September 2004 to 19 September 2012. She focused on social affairs. From February 2013 to June 2014,she was an alderwoman of Wassenaar. On 19 August 2015 she once again became a member of the House of Representatives,replacing Gerard Schouw. Her term in the House ended on 23 March 2017. From 20 June 2018 to 5 July 2022,she was an alderwoman of Amersfoort.
Theo Upt Hiddema is a Dutch lawyer,media personality and politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. A member of Forum for Democracy (FvD),he became a member of the Senate in 2021 following the resignation of Nicki Pouw-Verweij.
Joyce Vermue is a Dutch politician. She was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Labour Party between 22 September 2015 and 23 March 2017. She has been mayor of Zundert since July 2019.
Scholarly communication of the Netherlands published in open access form can be found by searching the National Academic Research and Collaboration Information System (NARCIS). The web portal was developed in 2004 by the Data Archiving and Networked Services of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.
JA21 is a political party in the Netherlands,active in the House of Representatives and Senate. It was founded on 18 December 2020 by Joost Eerdmans and Annabel Nanninga after they left Forum for Democracy (FVD) on 26 November 2020. The conservative-liberal party first participated in elections in the 15–17 March 2021 general election. At the European level,it is affiliated with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).
