Conditional Access Convention

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.

Conditional Access Convention
European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access
Signed24 January 2001
LocationStrasbourg
Effective1 July 2003
Condition3 ratifications
Signatories11
Parties7 COE states and the European Union
DepositarySecretary General of the Council of Europe
LanguagesEnglish and French[1]

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. "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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