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On 24 November 2014, the President of the Russian Federation signed into law a Statute amending the civil procedural law and the information law. The new act introduces a number of measures aimed at boosting the ability of rightsholders to cease distribution via the Internet of illegal content. In particular it specifies that Article 10 (Distribution of Information or Provision of Information) of the Federal Statute “On information, information technologies and on protection of information” (see also IRIS 2014-6/31) shall include an obligation of all owners of websites to publish on their sites...

After a court decision under the urgent procedure early last year (see IRIS 2014-4/15), it was the turn of the regional court in Paris to deliberate on the merits of the Intime Conviction case. The dispute arose as a result of the broadcasting by channel “Arte”, in February 2014, of a cross-media programme entitled Intime Conviction. This consisted of three parts: a television film following the course of the investigation into the death of the wife of a forensic doctor, “Dr Villers”; a web series reconstituting the court proceedings against the doctor, including the deliberations, in video format;...

In a judgment of 9 October 2014 (case no. 11 O 15/14) that has not yet been published, the Landgericht Stuttgart (Stuttgart District Court - LG Stuttgart) ruled that illegally obtained information may be broadcast on television in accordance with the principle of broadcasting freedom. The case concerned the broadcast on 13 May 2013 of a report on the TV channel “Das Erste” on the theme of “Starvation wages on the production line - how wages are being undermined”, which contained footage filmed secretly at a Daimler car factory. The video footage was recorded on four hidden cameras by a journalist...

If a member of the press requests information about the names of people who participated in a court procedure, such a request should, in principle, be granted, according to a decision issued by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Federal Administrative Court - BVerwG) on 1 October 2014 (case no. 6 C 35.13). An editor for the magazine “Anwaltsnachrichten Ausländer- und Asylrecht” instigating the proceedings after asking the director of the Amtsgericht Nürtingen (Nürtingen District Court - AG Nürtingen) to send him a copy of a criminal court decision. The AG Nürtingen then sent him a copy of the ruling...

Excessive demands may not be made of a journalist who requests temporary legal protection in order to obtain information under German press law, according to a decision issued by the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court - BVerfG) on 8 September 2014 (case no. 1 BvR 23/14). The BVerfG based its decision on the fundamental right to effective legal protection, enshrined in Article 19(4) of the Grundgesetz (Basic Law - GG). It ruled that the press can be granted temporary legal protection if the level of public interest and topical relevance of the reporting are high. Limiting temporary...