Die Vereinbarkeit der territorialen Aufspaltung von Verwertungsrechten mit den europäischen Binnenmarktregeln

The author addresses the seeming conflict between territorial exploitation of copyright and the European Single Market. The study opens with a presentation of the distinctive characteristics of the movie market followed by a comprehensive analysis of the legal requirements for territorial license restrictions set by European primary and secondary law.
Grounding on a comprehensive discussion of the existing European case law the author develops a case by case approach based on the European fundamental freedoms and competition rules for assessing the admissibility of territorial license restrictions. The author presents this approach as a sophisticated alternative to legislative initiatives in complex content markets.