The newly published German Coalition Agreement 2025 (CA 2025), German language version available here, outlines the agenda of the new German government...

The German Federal Court of Justice has delivered a landmark ruling in the decades-long "Metall auf Metall" litigation, applying the EU Court of Justice's framework to determine whether unauthorized music sampling can qualify as lawful "pastiche" under copyright law. The decision examines whether a two-second rhythm sequence from Kraftwerk's 1977 recording, used repeatedly in a 1997 song, constitutes permissible artistic dialogue or copyright infringement.

Last week, German regulators decided to no longer accept the widely used "JusProg" software as a sufficient means for online service providers to comply with statutory youth protection requirements.

The German Federal Court of Justice has delivered a landmark ruling in the decades-long "Metall auf Metall" litigation, applying the EU Court of Justice's framework to determine whether unauthorized music sampling can qualify as lawful "pastiche" under German copyright law. This decision provides crucial guidance on the boundaries between copyright protection and creative reuse in the music industry, while confirming that pastiche remains a narrowly structured exception rather than a general license to samp

This decision concerns a media management application. However, the effect produced by said application was considered non-technical by the EPO.

The German Minister for the Arts and the Media has now announced the framework for the new federal scheme for the promotion of theatrical films.

The medial excitement surrounding electronic sports, the competition between human players in computer games, has not only been continuing for some time now, but is also...

The application underlying this decision relates to the area of multimedia content. However, the European Patent Office refused to grant a patent that deals with a relationship between a user's comment...

Television advertising remains the means of choice for confectionery manufacturers.1 However, they also have to look for alternative ways and channels ...

Since 1999, following a change in German tax laws, investors in Media Funds have been permitted write off 100% of an investment against their taxes in the year the investment is made.

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