Volume 3 deals with the relationships between firms in relation to media products. It examines issues of media concentration in the fields of music, the press, and broadcasting as well as related topics in copyright law, competition law, brand-name law, and domain rights, including protection of work titles, seals, and logos.

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.

Die Medienrezeption von kontroversen Gerichtsurteilen zeigt eine Mischung aus Missverstandnissen und polemischen Zuspitzungen, berechtigter Kritik und uberzogener Richterschelte. Diese Arbeit analysiert Art, Ausmass, mogliche Grunde und politische bzw. demokratietheoretische Bedeutung dieser "Verstandnisschwierigkeiten." Im theoretischen Teil werden Modelle der gesellschaftlichen Rechtskommunikation aus Diskurs- und Systemtheorie, Pluralismus- und Verfassungstheorie entwickelt und ihre derzeitige Basis im deutschen Gerichtsverfahrensrecht uberpruft. Im zweiten, empirischen Teil untersucht der Autor anhand von 15 Fallen (darunter der "Memminger Abtreibungsprozess") Art und Ausmass der Verstandigungsprobleme. Im dritten und letzten Teil wird aus den vorliegenden Ergebnissen eine neue Theorie der Rechtskommunikation entwickelt."

Volume 1 presents the full range of European media law with a practical orientation. It covers EU directive policy along with the problems encountered in translating Community law into national contexts. In addition, the Handbook discusses issues related to the practical enforcement of claims and licensing rights in the realm of intellectual property.