Legal aspects of providing on-demand audiovisual media services

63 Legal aspects of providing on-demand audiovisual media services Abstract The aim of this thesis is to define and describe the legal aspects of the provision of one of the most popular information society services - on-demand audiovisual media service, also known as VOD (video on demand). The thesis introduces the most important legal institutes related to the provision of this type of services, interprets these institutes in the light of European legislation, identifies deficiencies in their regulation and looks for possibilities for de lege ferenda regulation. The main focus is put on the area of public law regulation, as the key Act No. 132/2010 Coll., on on-demand audiovisual media service, is a public law norm. However, a separate chapter is dedicated to some private law institutes as well, especially in the field of copyright. The main methodological approaches are the descriptive and analytical methods. The thesis is divided into five chapters, which are further subdivided into individual subchapters. The first chapter describes the development and reasons for the legal regulation and provides an analysis of the key terms of the thesis - on-demand audiovisual media service and its provider. The second chapter focuses on the obligations that the provider must comply with in relation to the content..