Es begann mit einem Paukenschlag, dann wurde es über Monate sehr still. Nun steht fest, dass die Games-Förderung auf ...

In preparation of Brexit, the European Commission published its Draft Withdrawal Agreement on 28 February 2018, which sets out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the UK and Northern Ireland from the EU.

On 26 March 2019, following a lengthy process, the European Parliament has given final approval to the Copyright Directive, aimed at the modernization of the EU copyright regime.

On 9 December 2015, the European Commission has proposed new rules concerning content portability across the so-called Digital Single Market.

Software can be sold in the widest variety of formats, for example based on a data carrier, by transfer of a master copy on a data carrier, by online download, in OEM models or for online use (cloud computing, ASP, etc.).

What may be considered beautiful or ugly, art or kitsch, obviously lies in the eye of the beholder. Whether the design of an object of utility (patterns or models)

When cobwebs and tombstones start to show up in your neighborhood, probably something wicked is coming your way—except that one night of the year, on Halloween.

A sculpture in Karamy, Xinjiang, China has recently caught a lot of media attention because of its striking resemblance with a famous bean-shaped sculpture in Chicago, known as "Cloud Gate" (or colloquially as "the Bean").

In a dispute between the operator of a public Wi-Fi network and Sony Music over the download of copyright-protected music ..

On 13 October 2015, the German Federal Court of Justice (VI ZR 271/14) ruled that ex-partners can demand the deletion of intimate or revealing photographs and videos once their relationship is over.

The former governing mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, a member of the German Social Democratic Party, SPD, has suffered a legal defeat in his year-plus battle with the German publishing house Axel Springer.

Some months ago, various artists and music production companies have filed a constitutional complaint with the German Federal Constitutional Court against, inter alia, two Federal Supreme Court rulings (I ZR 112/06, I ZR 182/11) that held that sampling of a two second song extract was not admissible under the German Copyright Act

In October 2015, the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany, filed a lawsuit against the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany before the Regional Court of Berlin.

The right to televise sporting events is one of the most valuable commodities in the broadcasting sector.

"The Diary of a Young Girl" authored by Jewish teenage girl Anne Frank during her time in hiding from 1940 to 1944 is widely considered a touchstone of both literature and history.

The social media platform Twitter has been reportedly removing tweets at the request of users who believe their content has been wrongfully appropriated.

In addition to obvious examples of original art such as paintings, music and poetry, copyright protection can, inter alia, also extend to nonfictional....

The Hamburg Regional Court has ruled in favor of LAION in the case of Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V., finding that the use by LAION – a non-profit organisation...

In October 2015, the Reiss Engelhorn Museum filed a lawsuit in the Regional Court of Berlin against the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Germany.

Germany, as another example, also put some special legislation into place.