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ARTICLE · 15 JANUARY 1999

New Media - The Draft German "Information and Communication Services Law"

Gleiss Lutz
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GermanyMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
For over a year the German government has been drafting a law to bring its legal system into line with the requirements of the "Information Age". This was originally called the "Multimedia Law", and a preliminary draft was released in July 1996. Since it was felt that the term "multimedia" was too vague, the title was then changed to "Information and Communications Services Law". A semi-final draft of this new law (hereinafter referred to by its German acronym "IuKDG") was released for public comment on November 8, 1996, and it is this version which will be commented on here. The IuKDG is composed of 12 articles; in some cases the articles themselves constitute individual laws, while in others they amend pre-existing laws. A translation of the draft is appended to this article.

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