The Audiovisual Media

Services Directive refers

in various places to the

notion of "editorial responsibility".

It became

clear early on that "editorial

responsibility" is a key

concept. Its interpretation

is not an easy but a very

important task. On this interpretation

depends what

services and what service

providers must be regulated

for an effective implementation

of the aims of

the Directive.

Against this background,

this IRIS Special analyses

what the term "editorial

responsibility" comprises

and it deals with the questions

that the term raises

for the implementation of

the Directive. This IRIS Special

brings to the fore the

many facets, concepts and

important consequences

that constitute the field of

editorial responsibility.

It also shows the grey

zones where legislators

may have to struggle to

find workable solutions

and from where potential

diverging views could

emerge.