Nuggets - Generating and Safeguarding Value in the Audiovisual Sector

Subjects of pan-European interest concerning audiovisual legislation:

Does the title of this IRIS plus Collection remind you of the 19th century gold-diggers who tried to make their fortune from Californian rivers by panning for gold, ideally nuggets? What links the themes of this IRIS plus Collection with the hopes of the adventurers of that era?
Firstly, the economic prospects of the audiovisual sector, on which both creative individuals and businessmen put their money. And secondly, the hope of financial success, which both categories hope to achieve through the diversity of audiovisual content and services, as well as the financial risk that many of them accept in exchange.
However, in contrast to the Californian Gold Rush, the people involved are not adventurers, but representatives of a branch of industry which, in Europe as elsewhere, has enjoyed steady growth and created jobs for many years. In addition, this sector promotes our cultural diversity, an asset which is both valued and (legally) protected. Thus the products and services of the audiovisual sector have a cultural and spiritual value as well as an economic one.
The seven articles in this IRIS plus Collection deal with different areas of regulation of the audiovisual sector, each of which has a noticeable impact on the sector's profit potential and cultural contribution.

The articles published in the IRIS plus series and compiled in this IRIS plus Collection offer important legal information on selected topics of media law and media-related legal fields, within the European context.