New Legal Regulation of the Television Broadcasting on the Internet

Zuzana Adamová

In: ADAMOVÁ, Z. (ed.) Nové technológie, internet a duševné vlastníctvo 4. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, spoločné pracovisko Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave a VEDY, vydavateľstva Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2020, pp. 168-197. ISBN 978-80-568-0329-5.

Summary: Broadcasters have traditionally focused on distributing linear content. However, as the internet grew, a number of new non-linear services have emerged, that have gained importance as well as consumer acceptance. The users decide for themselves what they want to watch, when, where and on which device. Consider services, such as, simulcasting, webcasting, TV catch-up services that allow one to watch programs based on one’s preferred timing choices, different types of on-demand video services, among others. This, in turn, brings with it a number of new challenges, in particular, relating to the settlement of rights to the content in use and its subsequent use. The new directive on online broadcasting and retransmission seeks to address these challenges, albeit only in relation to partial issues. This includes, in particular, the application of the country of origin principle to supplementary online broadcasting services, cross-border retransmission of programs, and direct injection of programs. The case-law of the Court of Justice on broadcasting and the content covered by it is relatively rich and, on the whole, appears to be largely for the benefit of authors and other rightholders. The secondary use of protected content in the form of public transmission usually runs into the concept of a “new public”, which entails the need to settle the rights individually, collectively, or even a combination of both. In practice, therefore, particular attention should be paid to the proper settlement of rights in order to ensure legal certainty and the balance of interests.

URL: http://ntidv.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/ntidv-4/NTIDV-4-Adamova-Zuzana.pdf

Bibliographic Citation

ADAMOVÁ, Z. Nová právna úprava televízneho vysielania na internete. In: ADAMOVÁ, Z. (ed.) Nové technológie, internet a duševné vlastníctvo 4. Trnava: Typi Universitatis Tyrnaviensis, spoločné pracovisko Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave a VEDY, vydavateľstva Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2020, pp. 168-197. ISBN 978-80-568-0329-5.