Internet Governance

Lecture by W. Schulz at the Asia Pacific Insitute for Cyber Law Studies in Beijing, May, 22nd 2009

The lecture gave an overview of the German regulatory framework concerning the governance of the internet. While the federal republic has the competence to regulate the telecommunication, the competence to ensure the functioning of the media system is in the hand of the 16 states. The interplay between telecommunication and media law has been addressed. Even so, the question of the liability of internet service providers set out in the German Act for Telemedia Services. Finally, instruments to limit the dispersion of spam were explicated.