MediaBrain decomposes the question into evidence gaps and determines whether current external research is needed.
OFFICIAL-FIRST SOURCE DISCOVERY
MediaBrain does not rely on a short fixed source list.
For each research question, MediaBrain is designed to search for the strongest available evidence, starting with legislation, regulators, courts and other official authorities. The directory below shows core source families and examples — not a closed list.
PRIMARY AUTHORITY
Official sources are searched first.
European Union
EUR-Lex, European Commission and EU institutional domains, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Data Protection Board, European Data Protection Supervisor, European Parliament and Council sources.
Hungary
Nemzeti Jogszabálytár, NMHH, NAV, NAIH, GVH, Hungarian Government publications, courts, Kúria, Parliament and intellectual-property authorities.
Germany
Gesetze im Internet, Bundesnetzagentur, Die Medienanstalten, Bundeskartellamt, BfDI, federal finance and justice authorities, Bundesgerichtshof and Bundesverfassungsgericht.
United States
Congress.gov, FCC, FTC, IRS, U.S. Copyright Office, Department of Justice, Supreme Court, SEC, CISA, NIST and other relevant federal authorities.
HOW SOURCE DISCOVERY WORKS
Search broadly. Admit evidence conservatively.
The research layer separates discovery from authority. Finding a page on the web does not make it a legal source.
It starts with jurisdiction-relevant legislation databases, regulators, courts, tax authorities, data-protection bodies and other official institutions.
If the curated registry returns too little, a broader discovery search can look for additional government or institutional sources. Only sources that pass the authority rules are admitted into legal evidence.
Primary authority outranks secondary interpretation. Freshness, page quality and relevance are considered before the evidence is used in an answer.
SOURCE HIERARCHY
Legislation, official gazettes, regulators, courts, tax authorities, government and institutional publications.
Recognized professional interpretation, institutional guidance, standards and specialist analysis where appropriate.
Industry bodies, credible market publications, public company practices and other commercial context. These do not become binding law.
Unverified web material may help discovery but should not establish a legal conclusion. It must not be presented as authoritative evidence.
QUALITY CONTROL
A source must be relevant, authoritative and usable — not merely available.
REJECT OR DOWN-RANK
- Search-result pages instead of underlying authority
- Generic blogs used as legal authority
- Press releases when the underlying rule is available
- Outdated material without current verification
- Sources with no usable passage or evidence
PREFER
- Exact legislation or official instrument
- Relevant regulator guidance or decision
- Original court judgment or official case record
- Current authority for the correct jurisdiction
- Multiple independent authoritative sources when the issue is uncertain
IMPORTANT
The list will keep growing.
MediaBrain's source registry is intentionally extensible. New official authorities can be added as new jurisdictions, topics and customer use cases appear. A limited list on this page should never limit the research engine to only those sources.