EU adopts copyright reform 7. November 2022 The more than controversial copyright reform were finally implemented today and a majority of the states of the EU have...
Misconceptions about the Copyright Directive – by MEP! 7. November 2022 I just came across a couple of misconceptions that are haunting the minds of politicians after the approval of the...
April Fool’s joke, isn’t it? 7. November 2022 Update: My messages are overtaking themselves at an alarming rate. Is Twitch really planning to block EU users? Yesterday, when...
Liability for unsecured WLAN/gate exit node 7. November 2022 The German Federal Court of Justice has ruled that the operator of an Internet access via WLAN and a Tor...
Image posting in closed FB group may infringe copyright 7. November 2022 Posting an image in the closed group on Facebook may be public copying and thus infringe copyrights. The Munich Regional...
BGH refers YouTube dispute to the ECJ 7. November 2022 The I. Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for copyright law,...
Computer Bild allowed to use photo of Jan Böhmermann 7. November 2022 The magazine Computer Bild was allowed to illustrate a text about DVB-T2 receivers in HD quality with a photo of...
File sharing: Liability for family connection 7. November 2022 The Frankfurt District Court has ruled that the owner of an Internet connection is liable for copyright infringements through file...
BGH on costs in the case of image theft 7. November 2022 The use of images on the Internet in violation of copyright law, especially in blogs and the like, occurs time...
BGH decides on Wikipedia and museum photographs 7. November 2022 And another BGH decision today, shortly before Christmas. However, it is not really a surprise ;) Thus, the latter ruled...
Copyright: Freedom of citation is not a clean bill of health 7. November 2022 Since I handled a related mandate at the end of last month, I'd like to briefly point out a major...
ECJ: Advocate General assesses sampling as copyright infringement 7. November 2022 The Advocate General of the ECJ has today commented on the issue of music sampling and is of the opinion...
Federal Constitutional Court effectively abolishes preliminary injunction without hearing 7. November 2022 Up to now, it has been the rule rather than the exception in competition law and copyright law that in...
File sharing and family members 7. November 2022 The owner of an internet connection through which copyright infringements through file sharing have been committed cannot exempt himself from...
ECJ for sale of “used” e-books 19. December 2019 By today's judgment, the Court of Justice has held that the release of an e-book for permanent use to the...
ECJ will deal with Bittorrent and the seeding of porn 7. November 2019 New referral procedure of the ECJ The ECJ will deal with interesting questions from the file-sharing sector in a referral...
ECJ: Is YouTube a copyright provider? 28. October 2019 On Friday, I said a few words about the new streaming platform Mixer from Microsoft(see this article). Actually, I wanted...
Publishing contracts and recycling of code 17. October 2019 Creating and correcting publishing contracts for computer games is just as much my day-to-day business as contracts for freelancers and...
Is it allowed to reproduce Italian cultural monuments in our own works? 26. September 2019 The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi from www.insightlegal.it and will be published here in German and in...
Are rules of the game protected in Germany? 17. September 2019 Time and again, the question arises in the area of computer game tenants whether game rules are protected or whether...
Law on the Internet Private AI use in the company 24. October 2025 Private accounts on ChatGPT & Co. for corporate purposes are a gateway to data protection breaches, leaks of secrets and... Read moreDetails
Startups and innovation in Germany – challenges and opportunities 26. September 2024 This insightful podcast episode takes an in-depth look at the startup and innovation landscape in Germany and Europe. The discussion... Read moreDetails
My transparent billing 10. February 2025 In this video, I talk a bit about transparent billing and how I communicate what it costs to work with... Read moreDetails