Audiovisual Media Services in the EU. Next Generation Approach or Old Wine in New Barrels?

In this article, we analyse how the European legislator is currently responding to some of the recent changes in the media and communications environment with the adoption of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. What is the European approach to address the challenges brought about by the technological changes in the audiovisual sector? How is the EU devising a future model for content regulation? The article also puts forward a number of critical remarks that should be taken into account in the framework of the debate on future content regulation, indicating where the AVMS Directive falls short.content regulation, audiovisual media services.

Auteursrecht en Digitale nieuwsmedia: de kaarten herschud

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Intermediaries in the eye of the copyright storm

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A critical analysis of the right of reply in online media

The recent technological and sociological developments call into question traditional legal concepts. One of the most compelling issues at this moment is the concept of the right of reply in the online media environment. It provides victims of "press" crimes with a better legal remedy, but the transposition of the concept as used in the context of the traditional media (printed press and audiovisual press) to the online environment raises many questions, mainly because of the specific characteristics of the borderless internet. Despite the objections, there is a clear tendency to introduce the concept in the online media as recent legal initiatives taken on European, international and national level point out