New info on the status of the State Media Treaty

Right now, information on the Interstate Treaty on the Media in the form of the 23rd Amendment to the Interstate Treaty on Broadcasting is coming thick and fast. I have just been contacted by a very trusted source in Berlin politics whom I have known for many years and who is intensively involved in the political deliberations and the expert commission in the area of the Interstate Broadcasting Treaty.

According to my acquaintance, there was massive criticism and opposition to this draft of the agreement, especially with regard to the fiction of broadcasting licensing and the questionable definition of petty broadcasting. There are currently intensive efforts in involved political circles to abolish the approval completely. How far this is possible remains to be seen, but it is currently unclear how the new regulation will look.

Since there was just the expert hearing, the whole draft may be rewritten again. The bad thing is that it’s unclear if anything will come of it this year. According to my source, there is no way that the Interstate Treaty on Media and thus the amendments, for example, on small-scale broadcasting will come into force this year…

However, this does not change much of the information in my current video. Streamers who receive corresponding letters from the state media authorities are best advised to speak with a lawyer and evaluate the alternatives. These could also lie in taking advantage now of the fact that many countries have recently sharply reduced the fees for broadcasting licenses! However, this should be thought through carefully.

Author: Marian Härtel

Marian Härtel ist Rechtsanwalt und Fachanwalt für IT-Recht mit einer über 25-jährigen Erfahrung als Unternehmer und Berater in den Bereichen Games, E-Sport, Blockchain, SaaS und Künstliche Intelligenz. Seine Beratungsschwerpunkte umfassen neben dem IT-Recht insbesondere das Urheberrecht, Medienrecht sowie Wettbewerbsrecht. Er betreut schwerpunktmäßig Start-ups, Agenturen und Influencer, die er in strategischen Fragen, komplexen Vertragsangelegenheiten sowie bei Investitionsprojekten begleitet. Dabei zeichnet sich seine Beratung durch einen interdisziplinären Ansatz aus, der juristische Expertise und langjährige unternehmerische Erfahrung miteinander verbindet. Ziel seiner Tätigkeit ist stets, Mandanten praxisorientierte Lösungen anzubieten und rechtlich fundierte Unterstützung bei der Umsetzung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle zu gewährleisten.