Hungary Implemented CDSM And SatCab Directives, Most Rules Effective 1 June 2021

Hungary is one of the first countries in CEE to fully implement Directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market ("CDSM Directive") and Directive 2019/789 ("SatCab 2.0 Directive"). The so-called "Copyright Reform Act" (Act XXXVII of 2021) was published in the Official Gazette on 6 May 2021, and the majority of the new rules will be effective as of 1 June 2021.

According to the reasoning behind the Copyright Reform Act, many of the rules of the CDSM Directive that aim to strengthen the position of authors and performers were already an existing part of the Hungarian copyright system, and so only fine tuning was needed.

The main novelties introduced by the Copyright Reform Act