The focus of this work is the legal expression of the copyright owner's personal right to maintain the integrity of his work in Germany and the USA. The law must provide the necessary protection against adaptation especially in this age of ever simpler and faster adaption technology, which serves to customize work to meet user needs. It is vital to have legal protection not only because of the copyright owner's interest in the integrity of his work but also based on the user's interest in the authenticity of the work. Integrity protection is most influenced by political and economic decisions, which walk a fine line between the profit oriented work valuation and personality protection.

Volume 2 provides a practice-oriented presentation of the content and scope of copyright protection for media products. It explains copyright laws applicable to different categories of works and offers suggestions for contract design.

This textbook uses a three stage didactic model for acquiring or deepening knowledge about copyright law. Based on theoretical as well as practical issues in the area of copyright law, it draws on major decisions of the BGH (German Supreme Court), which help develop the important doctrinal implications of the case."

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 volumes also take into account issues pertaining to sports, theater and electronic media. The presentation includes media law-related aspects of the law of competition, telemedia law and copyright law as well as the laws regarding broadcasting, press, personality rights, telecommunications, data protection, samples/design, and domain rights; licensing contract law, the law of publication, media criminal law, photography law as well as media cartel law are also discussed. This complete presentation of media law particularly addresses the European legal framework. Attorneys, legal scholars and media experts comprehensively and systematically address the processes in society relevant to media law in their contributions to the five volumes of this handbook.

The textbook on copyright law offers a didactic three-step-model to aid the acquisition and deepening of copyright law knowledge. Significant German Federal Court of Justice decisions are drawn upon based on theoretical as well as practical questions in the area of copyright law which especially illustrate the dogmatic key aspects of the case.

The textbook on copyright law offers a didactic three-step-model to aid the acquisition and deepening of copyright law knowledge. Significant German Federal Court of Justice decisions are drawn upon based on theoretical as well as practical questions in the area of copyright law which especially illustrate the dogmatic key aspects of the case.