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On 15 May 2013, the District Court in Amsterdam denied Ryanair access to the raw source material of television interviews with its employees. In two television broadcasts - one at the end of 2012 and one at the beginning of 2013 - the Dutch public broadcaster KRO addressed the business practices of the airline, which, according to anonymous pilots, could lead to dangerous situations. Based on the interviews, KRO reported that sick and overtired pilots regularly had to fly and that Ryanair’s policy to fly with a minimal amount of fuel is contrary to airline regulations. Ryanair, suspecting that...

On 13 June 2013, the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the freedom of press and media in the world. The adoption of the resolution is timely as it focuses on a number of pressing issues that have dominated political and news agendas recently. It usefully addresses those issues - such as media pluralism, the protection of journalists, whistle-blowing, net neutrality and mass surveillance - from the perspective of their relevance to freedom of expression of the media in the contemporary, increasingly digitised media environment. The Resolution references an array of international and European...

In an as yet unpublished decision of 14 May 2013, the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Supreme Court - BGH) ruled on the admissibility of Google “autocomplete” suggestions that breach personality rights. Google uses a so-called “autocomplete” function, which automatically shows users various suggested search terms in the form of word combinations as they enter search items in its search engine. In the case at hand, a businessman applied for an injunction to stop Google showing his full name as part of the “autocomplete” function with the words “Scientology” and “Betrug” (the German word for “fraud”)...

On 24 April 2013, the European Commission announced the adoption of a Green Paper on “Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World: Growth, Creation and Values”. The aim of the Green Paper is to foster public discussion on the implications of the on-going transformation of the audiovisual media landscape, which is characterised by a steady increase in the convergence of media services and the way in which these services are consumed and delivered. The Commission decided to initiate this discussion due to the fact that convergence will become gradually more tangible over the next decade and...

On 26 February 2013, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA), issued a Draft Decision for the modification and the completion of the Decizia nr. 220/2011 privind Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovizual, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare (Decision no. 221/2011 with regard to the Audiovisual Content Regulatory Code, with further modifications and completions, see IRIS 2006-4/33, 2007-4/30, 2011-4/31, 2011-6/27, and 2011-7/37). The draft is intended to improve the protection of minors against pornographic content and the protection...