Christian Solmecke
Law firm WBS | |
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Christian Solmecke (2015) | |
YouTube channel | |
language | German |
founding | July 23, 2010 |
channels | Law firm WBS |
Subscribers | over 550,000 |
Calls | over 100 million |
Videos | over 2700 |
(updated June 4, 2020) |
Christian Solmecke (born November 13, 1973 in Hagen ) is a German lawyer , author and web video producer .
Life
After studying law at the University of Bochum and the University of Cologne , Solmecke completed a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) in IT law at the Universities of Hanover and Leuven (Belgium) in 2001 . Until 2004 he also worked as a freelance journalist and radio host for WDR . In 2007 he founded the photo community and stock photo agency “piqs.de” and has been its owner ever since. Solmecke has been a partner in the Cologne law firm "Wilde Beuger Solmecke" since 2010. There he represents clients in the areas of media and IT law.
In 2010 Solmecke founded the German Institute for Communication and Law on the Internet (DIKRI) at the Cologne Business School together with Ralf Höcker , Klemens Skibicki and Frank Mühlenbeck . Solmecke heads the institute together with Mühlenbeck as managing director. He is a board member of the Legal Intelligence Initiative .
activities
In 2012, a BGH attorney commissioned by Solmecke fought a judgment on the liability of parents for their underage children at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, according to which parents are not liable for their children if they have fulfilled a certain duty to inform. In 2017, a BGH lawyer commissioned by Solmecke reached before the Federal Court of Justice that family members do not have to spy on one another in order to clear up a file-sharing act. He has also appeared on TV talk shows and expert panels on the subject of social media law or IT law and writes the weekly column “Law on the Net” for the daily Express .
Since July 23, 2010, Solmecke has been running the “Kanzlei WBS” channel on YouTube in cooperation with his law firm, in which he deals with legal issues and questions from viewers. Christian Solmecke and his team have also been running the Instagram page rechts2go since October 2019. This site now has over 35,000 followers and publishes new posts every day on all legal issues or legal malpractices.
During the negotiations on the European copyright reform in 2019, he played a key role in the work of the dissenting votes, both on his Internet channels and at the demonstrations and events.
Publications
Books
- With Petra Arends-Paltzer, Robin Schmitt: Legal Tech: The digital transformation in the law firm. A guide for modern lawyers. Rheinwerk Verlag , Bonn 2019, ISBN 978-3-8362-6356-6 .
- With Sibel Kocatepe: Law in online marketing: How to protect yourself from pitfalls and warnings , 3rd edition, Rheinwerk Verlag , Bonn 2018, ISBN 978-3-8362-6689-5 .
- With Sibel Kocatepe: GDPR for website operators: Your guide for the secure implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Rheinwerk Verlag , Bonn 2018, ISBN 978-3836265539 .
- With Dominik Fehringer: The Social Media Guide for Municipalities: Basics - Strategies - Practical Aids , Richard Boorberg Verlag , Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-415-05207-9 .
- With Jakob Wahlers: Law on Social Web , Rheinwerk Verlag, Bonn 2014, ISBN 978-3836226080 .
As editor
- Trading online , Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-034119-5 .
Trade journals
Solmecke has published several articles in the journal Multimedia und Recht (MMR).
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Solmecke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website of the law firm Wilde Beuger Solmecke: Christian Solmecke
- Christian Solmecke on Twitter
- WBS law firm on YouTube
- recht2go on Instagram
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e YouTube channel law firm WBS. Retrieved June 4, 2020 .
- ↑ Photo rights - piqs.de. Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Imprint - piqs.de. Retrieved November 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Christian Solmecke: Trouble about Marco Reus photo: shared on Facebook. Hamburger Morgenpost, March 23, 2015, accessed on November 22, 2015 .
- ↑ University of Cologne: Speakers at a Glance ( Memento from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 22, 2015.
- ^ Website of the German Institute for Communication and Law on the Internet - DIKRI . Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ^ Intelligence Initiative: Jury of the Intelligence Initiative. Retrieved November 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Federal Court of Justice: Federal Court of Justice on the Liability of Parents for Illegal File Sharing of Their Underage Children , Press Release No. 193 of November 15, 2012, accessed on November 22, 2015.
- ↑ dpa: BGH on illegal uploads. Süddeutsche.de, March 7, 2017, accessed May 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Holger Bleich: P2P warnings: BGH defuses the burden of proof for connection owners. Heise Online, March 6, 2017, accessed May 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Wilde Beuger Solmecke: TV appearances. Retrieved November 22, 2015 .
- ^ Christian Solmecke: series of articles - law on the net. Express, accessed November 22, 2015 .
- ↑ Recht2Go: Our new Instagram channel. October 8, 2019, accessed June 3, 2020 .
- ^ Articles by Christian Solmecke in the journal MMR . Retrieved November 22, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Solmecke, Christian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, author and web video producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |