RuZ - Recht und Zugang

On November 29, 2023, a conference on archival law took place in Duisburg, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State and the State Archives of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The focus was on the implementation of the General Data...

Language is the cornerstone of all legal thought and practice. Yet, language diversity is in very steep decline in international legal scholarship and practice, where English has undeniably become the dominant language. Yet, this has not always been...

Whenever historic archives and similar institutions make historic documents like records, journals, or manuscripts freely accessible on the Internet, they are bound by certain legal obligations regarding privacy. Protective periods for open online...

Since the amendment of the “Act on Copyright and Related Rights” in 2021 is the “EU- Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives” valid in the country of germany. This put archives and...

In the future, platform operators will be exposed to many different regulatory approaches under EU law. Examples are the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. This article reviews the 8th GRUR Junge Wissenschaft conference and deals with...

With advancing digitalization, online platforms have grown to become an indispensable medium of communication that encompasses almost all areas of society. This development poses a major challenge, especially for the enforcement of states legal...