Unrequested use of the voice in a song – fairground adaptation does not yet meet the requirements for the level of creation under copyright law.
Limited obligation to investigate link liability: Anyone who posts a link to a page with copyright infringements is no longer necessarily liable.
After a long time, Google and Getty settled their dispute over “photography piracy” at the beginning of 2018; with far-reaching consequences for Google’s image search.
AG Munich: The re-sharing of copyrighted photographs on Facebook can also constitute a copyright infringement.
OLG Frankfurt a.M.: If copyright infringements are committed via a third party company, the latter is obliged to hand over the e-mail addresses.
The MFM table may be used to determine the damage – but not schematically.
A deduction may be made for hobby photographers.
The Copyright Knowledge Society Act reorganizes and supplements copyright law in relation to teaching and science.
BGH: ECJ to decide in preliminary ruling proceedings to what extent military situation reports of the German government enjoy copyright protection.
Hamburg Regional Court orders the service provider of an illegal Sky streaming platform to pay damages in the amount of EUR 18,500.
The battle over music sampling enters the next round.
The BGH refers questions on sampling in the “Metal on Metal” case to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling.
