The Finnish Government appoints the Copyright Council for three years at a time to assist the Ministry of Education and Culture in copyright matters and to issue opinions on the application of the Copyright Act. The Council is composed of representatives of the major right holders and users of protected works. The chair, vice-chair and at least one member are impartial.

Anyone can request an opinion from the Copyright Council − private persons, business enterprises, organisations, the police, authorities and courts of law, whether or not they have personal interests at stake.

Since its establishment in 1985, the Council has issued over 380 expert opinions pertaining to the interpretation of the Act.

The opinions are given either in Finnish or in Swedish. The opinions 1986-1995 have been published in Finnish by the Association of Finnish Lawyers. Opinions (1995 - ) are available in Finnish.

The Copyright Council is currently chaired by Marcus Norrgård and the vice-chair is Katariina Sorvari.

Contacts:

Copyright Council
Ministry of Education and Culture
P.O. Box 29
00023 Government

Tel. +358-9-1607 7946
Fax. +358-9-1607 6976

Senior Advisor Marco Grönroos is secretary to the Copyright Council, firstname.lastname@minedu.fi