For the first time in a collective work, issues of intellectual property directly related to mass media and specifically to the rights and obligations of journalists and publishers are explored. The same work also includes issues of collective rights management in the digital age, as well as issues of photographer protection and conflicts between the right to personality and the right to photography. The media sector has particular characteristics arising from the needs of information, transactional customs, the lack of contracts in many cases between the parties involved, as well as the evolution of technology and the internet.

Academics and lawyers with experience in the field and a comparative view based on the law of other community countries, where required, raise the issues, present the opinions, and provide answers. The book is edited by Eirini A. Stamatioudi.

This book is useful for those who delve into legal science (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, students) as well as for all stakeholders in the media (especially journalists, print and electronic publishers, and photographers) in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the issues arising from their daily activities.

The names of the contributors to the book are Lambros Kotsiris, Assoc. Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Anthoula Papadopoulou, Assoc. Professor of Law at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Maria Kanellopoulou-Boti, Lecturer at Ionian University, Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou, PhD, Lawyer, Perrina Koriatoopoulou, PhD, Lawyer, Maria-Daphne Papadopoulou, LL.M., Lawyer, Evangelia Vagena, LL.M., Lawyer, Archontoula Papapanayiotou, LL.M., Lawyer, Maria G. Sinanidou, LL.M., Lawyer, George-Andreas Zannos, LL.M., Lawyer.