Media/Press law
Personal rights: No monetary compensation for heirs
BGH: A claim for monetary compensation does not pass to the heir; not even after pendency or lis pendens.
Dennis Tölle
12. April 2018
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Category: Media/Press law
Media/Press law
Google does not necessarily have to delete violations of personal rights
BGH strengthens the rights of search engine operators. Google is not obliged to check search results for personality violations of its own accord.
Dennis Tölle
13. March 2018
Media/Press law
G20 riots: BILD.de’s call for wanted persons inadmissible
An appeal for a wanted person not issued by the police via BILD.de may inadmissibly interfere with the general right of personality.
Dennis Tölle
13. January 2018
Media/Press law
Titling a Stern.de author as a fake news producer inadmissible
LG Hamburg: Journalist and Stern.de author does not have to allow himself to be labeled a “fake news producer” or “news falsifier” in an online blog.
Dennis Tölle
17. August 2017
Media/Press law
Missing advertising labeling – YouTuber to pay €10,500 fine
Medienanstalt Hamburg decides for the first time to impose a fine of €10,500 on YouTuber “Flying Uwe” due to missing advertising labeling.
Dennis Tölle
10. August 2017
Media/Press law
Cologne Regional Court: Three publishers prohibited from reporting on Grönemeyer
Cologne Regional Court prohibits reporting in three proceedings on an incident at Cologne Bonn Airport in which Herbert Grönemeyer was also involved.
Dennis Tölle
9. August 2017
Media/Press law
Hate messages on Facebook – Identifying reporting permissible
OLG Saarbrücken: Identifying reporting on hate messages on Facebook is generally permissible.
Dennis Tölle
24. July 2017
Media/Press law
Fine – Photojournalist passes on unpixelated photos
Cologne Higher Regional Court: Photojournalist is sentenced to a heavy fine. He passed on unpixelated photos of an alleged Ebola patient to an editorial team.
Dennis Tölle
14. July 2017
Media/Press law
Lawyer Dennis Tölle on photography in outdoor pools
Our colleague Dennis Tölle spoke on June 21, 2017 on WDR about the “new” photo ban in outdoor pools. Everything you need to know about the photography ban can be found here.
Dennis Tölle
22. June 2017
Media/Press law
Cologne Regional Court: No obligation for journalists to check third-party citations
If a journalist takes credible quotes from a third party, he does not necessarily have to check them for accuracy before publication.
Dennis Tölle
9. June 2017