Media law as a means of organization in the real world and the virtual world continues to gain in economic and cultural importance. The global market and the networking of information and communication processes require an improved legal framework for media law in the 21st century. It is not merely production conditions that have been impacted by the digital revolution, but the manner of marketing media products and the use of such are increasingly being conducted in the Internet.

In addition to the classical fields of media law, such as press, broadcasting and film, these five...

Fur die Unternehmen ist die Vermarktung von Medienprodukten als Waren von erheblicher wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung. Die Kulturindustrie hat ein okonomisches Interesse daran, dass die Medienprodukte den Nutzern zur Verfugung gestellt werden konnen. Das Internet erleichtert diesen Vorgang. Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen sind dabei aber zu beachten. Die Autoren des 2. Bandes weisen in ihren Beitragen ausfuhrlich auf den Inhalt und den Umfang des Schutzes der Medienprodukte hin. Neben der Erlauterung der urheberrechtlichen Werkkategorien, wie z.B. Film- und Musikwerke, sowie des Software- und...

Media law as a regulatory framework also includes provisions regarding a company's marketing strategies in order to ensure that media products are profitably sold in an arena of fair competition. The third volume contains contributions which consider companies' relationships with one another in regard to media products. In addition to questions regarding media concentration in the areas of music, press and broadcasting, the fields of copyright law, competition law, trademark law as well as domain law are taken into consideration. This includes the protection of the title of a work as well...

A significant issue regulated under media law is the protection of personality rights and its forms of manifestation. Politicians and celebrities are increasing exposed to a level of publicity in the media that crosses the line of what is permissible. The cases involving Jorg Kachelmann and Caroline von Hannover are representative of the conflict that exists between the rights of the press / freedom of speech and the protection of personality rights. The fourth volume contains contributions not only on the protection of images and young persons but also essays which tackle issues related...

Technical advances are currently playing a prominent role in media law. The terms of use for media products have radically changed since the introduction of the Internet and the process of digitalization. The technical requirements for distributing media products as well as users' behavior have consequences for the legal framework of media law. The retention of stored data is just one example.

The fifth volume addresses fundamental questions regarding the provider's liability, the protection of personal data, and the responsibility of users and companies under criminal law. With...

Band 5 behandelt praxisnah die Schnittstellen des Medien- und IT-Rechts. Im Einzelnen:

Telemedienrecht
Telekommunikationsrecht
Datenschutzrecht
IT-Sicherheitsrecht
Domainrecht
Soziale Medien

Im dritten Band werden schwerpunktmaig wettbewerbs- und werberechtliche Probleme in der Vermarktung von Medienprodukten erortert, ebenso kartellrechtliche Fragen resultierend aus den Konzentrationsprozessen in der Medienindustrie. Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt bilden medienbezogene Darstellungen des gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes.

Volume 4 offers a practical presentation of press law and broadcasting law. It also includes sports law and theater law along with legal questions related to child protection and protection of personal images.