Telemedia Act 2007

Citation
Telemedia Act 2007 (Telemediengesetz) (Feb. 26, 2007).

Overview
This Act replaces the German Teleservices Act, the Teleservices Data Protection Act and the Federal Media Services Treaty. It regulates all electronic information and communication services except pure telecommunication and broadcasting.

The Act applies to "webshops, mobile commerce, newsgroups, music download platforms, video on demand (VOD), internet search engines, emails and even simple company websites, but not to live-streaming of video, web-casting, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) or VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol &mdash; internet telephony)."