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The Department for Legal Information analyses key legal issues linked to the audiovisual sector and reports on major legal developments and ground breaking cases which affect media legislation in Europe.

IRIS Plus 2002-3: Co-Regulation of the Media in Europe: European Provisions for the Establishment of Co-regulation Frameworks

01/06/2002 Author: Dr Carmen Palzer, Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/ Brussels

This article discusses the role that co-regulation plays in the audiovisual media, focusing on European Union and Council of Europe provisions that need to be implemented through national legislation. The European legal framework for co-regulation is primarily described using the example of the...

IRIS Plus 2002-2: Movies Online: Balancing Copyrights and Fair Use

01/04/2002 Authors: Susanne Nikoltchev & Francisco Javier Cabrera Blázquez, European Audiovisual Observatory

In 2000, our IRIS Focus featured an article that reported on a first wave of lawsuits related to online offers of audio files (see IRIS 2000-8: 14, "MP3: Fair or Unfair Use?"). This IRIS plus supplements our earlier article by focusing on the new legal questions as well raised as their factual...

IRIS Plus 2002-1: Media Supervision on the Threshold of the 21st Century What are the Requirements of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Concentration Regulation?

01/02/2002 Authors: Alexander Scheuer & Peter Strothmann, Institute of European Media Law (EMR), Saarbrücken/Brussels

The following article is based on the ideas that were brought to a workshop held by the European Audiovisual Observatory and the Institute of European Media Law (EMR).

IRIS Special 2001 - Television and Media Concentration - Regulatory Models on the National and the European Level

01/12/2001 Authors: Susanne Nikoltchev (Ed.), European Audiovisual Observatory

This book is intended first and foremost to contribute to a better understanding of the variety of legal problems and regulations that are relevant to limiting concentrations of power in the medium of television.

IRIS Plus 2001-5: Changing Aspects of Broadcasting: New Territory and New Challenges

01/12/2001 Author: Tarlach McGonagle, Institute for Information Law (IViR) University of Amsterdam

This issue of IRIS plus provides another part of the jigsaw on the theme of the convergence of the audiovisual media.

IRIS Plus 2001-4: Media supervision on the threshold of the 21st century - structure and powers of regulatory authorities in the era of convergence

01/09/2001 Authors: Carmen Palzer & Caroline Hilger, Institute of European Media Law (EMR)

In this edition of IRIS plus, the Observatory addresses current concerns surrounding the adaptation of regulatory mechanisms to the emergence of new media.

IRIS Plus 2001-3: Does the Existing Regulatory Framework for Television Apply to the New Media?

01/06/2001 Authors: Tarlach Mc Gonagle, Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam

This edition of IRIS Plus focuses, in particular, on an overview of the definition of "broadcasting" and "new media services" provided for in the current European legal framework.

IRIS Plus 2001-2: National Film Production Aid: Legislative Characteristics and Trends

01/04/2001 Authors: Susanne Nikoltchev & Francisco Javier Cabrera Blázquez, European Audiovisual Observatory

This edition of IRIS plus offers a synopsis of various legislative provisions concerning direct national support for film production.

IRIS Plus 2001-1: Non-Discriminatory Access to Digital Access Control Services

01/02/2001 Authors: Natali Helberger, Institute for Information Law (IViR), Alexander Scheuer & Peter Strothmann, Institute of European Media Law (EMR)

This edition of IRIS plus deals with electronic conditional access systems and their function as gateways to digital services.

IRIS Plus 2000-5: Who Owns Electronic Rights?

01/10/2000 Authors: Christina Lampe, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam

A round table conference was held on 27 May 2000 at the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam (IViR) to discuss the issue of the ownership of copyrights, with special focus on the new electronic media. The conference was organised by the Institute for Information Law in...