Dr. Miriam Martiny
LAWYER

E-Mail martiny@unverzagt.law

Telephone +49.40.414000-0         Fax +49.40.414000-40

Copyright and Media Law (TV, Film and Entertainment)

  • Comprehensive legal advice on national and international film and series projects (fiction, animation and documentaries) covering all aspects of rights clearance, development, structuring, financing (equity, debt and public funding), insurance, production and exploitation.
  • Client base (national and international): talent, production and distribution companies, film studios, service providers, broadcasters, banks, financiers, insurance companies and public institutions.
  • Advising industry associations on film law matters as well as association-specific legal issues.

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Advice on all AI-related legal matters (copyright law, the EU AI Act, labeling requirements, personality rights, data protection law, etc.).


Data Protection Law

  • Comprehensive expertise in data protection law.

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Foreign languages

  • English


Curriculum Vitae

  • 2005–2011: legal studies at the University of Hamburg
  • 2011–2014: Practical Legal Training at the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, including placements at Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and SPIEGEL-Verlag
  • 2014–2015: LL.M. studies at the University of Oslo (Information and Communication Technology Law)
  • Doctorate (Dr. jur.) at Leibniz University Hannover, specializing in film law
  • admitted to the German Bar since 2018
  • until 2022: In-house counsel at Otto Group, specializing in intellectual property and data protection law
  • since 2022: Attorney-at-law specializing in Media & Entertainment


Publications

  • „KI-generierte Inhalte im Film: Chancen und rechtliche Herausforderungen“ (“AI-Generated Content in Film: Opportunities and Legal Challenges”), mediendiskurs, 1/2025, pp. 79 et seq.
  • „KI-Reproduktion in Filmproduktionen“ (“AI Replication in Film Productions”), Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht, Nomos Verlag, ZUM 2025, pp. 200 et seq.
  • Kommentierung der Portabilitätsverordnung sowie des § 20c UrhG (“Commentary on the Portability Regulation and Section 20c of the German Copyright Act”), in: BeckOK Urheberrecht, Kommentar zum Urheberrechtsgesetz, Götting/Lauber-Rönsberg/Rauer, C.H.Beck Verlag
  • „Geoblocking im digitalen Binnenmarkt – Eine urheber- und kartellrechtliche Untersuchung des Streamings von Filmproduktionen unter Berücksichtigung der Portabilitätsverordnung und der Online-SatCab-Richtlinie“ (“Geoblocking in the Digital Single Market – A Copyright and Antitrust Law Analysis of the Streaming of Film Productions in Light of the Portability Regulation and the Online SatCab Directive”), Reihe zum Europäischen Wirtschaftsrecht, Nomos Verlag, 2022
  • „Nationale Sperrfristen, territoriale Lizenzen und das Streaming im digitalen Binnenmarkt der EU“ (“National Release Windows, Territorial Licenses and Streaming in the EU Digital Single Market”), Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht, Nomos Verlag, ZUM 2018, pp. 722 et seq.
  • „Geoblocking – eine wirksame technische Schutzmaßnahme? Voraussetzungen des § 95a UrhG und die Konsequenzen für Nutzer und Rechteinhaber“ (“Geoblocking – An Effective Technical Protection Measure? Requirements under Section 95a of the German Copyright Act and the Consequences for Users and Rights Holders”), Multimedia und Recht, C.H.Beck Verlag, MMR 2016, pp. 579 et seq.


Membership

  • Women in Film and Television e. V.