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Cologne Higher Regional Court: The licensee of “Playboy” receives € 2,300 per image for the unlawful use of nude photos of Kate Moss.
License rates in post-licensing agreements are unsuitable for calculating license damages.
This was decided by the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg.
A collecting society may make the conclusion of a contract for the use of copyrighted works dependent on the user taking effective measures against so-called “framing”.
This was decided by the BGH
The Higher Regional Court of Cologne has ruled that there is no urgency for an interim injunction in copyright law if the copyright infringement has already ceased.
Retweeting a photograph on Twitter does not constitute a copyright infringement through public reproduction, copying or making available to the public.
This was decided by the Cologne District Court.
The Federal Court of Justice has once again ruled on the appropriateness of the additional remuneration for the chief cameraman of the film “Das Boot” and thus further substantiated the case law on Section 32a UrhG.
The owner of an Internet connection is not obliged to inform the rights holder about a known perpetrator of a copyright infringement.
This was decided by the Federal Court of Justice.
If a website operator has taken measures against the embedding of a work in a third party’s website, the consent of the rights holder must be obtained for the framing of this content.
This was decided by the ECJ.
According to the Copyright Act, appropriate remuneration must also be paid for the use of simple photos and articles for local newspapers.
