OLG Köln decides on click-baiting
A programme magazine has to pay a well-known TV presenter 20,000 euros because it has illegally used his image as a "click bait". This was ...
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Agencies: Attention, ideas not protected!
For this reason, I would like to draw attention today to a problem that repeatedly falls on the feet of agencies, but also of other ...
LG Hamburg on Influencer Advertising and “Sponsored Content”
The problem of influencer sneaking advertising The District Court of Hamburg agrees with the rulings on influencers and sneaky advertising. So far, only the Munich ...
OLG Celle: Capping of warning costs for file sharing
Currently there is an interesting verdict from the OLG Celle regarding warnings and complaints in the field of file sharing. This concerns the transferability of ...
BFH, copyright warnings and VAT
A judgment of the Federal Finance Court has been in place since 2016, which seems to be unknown to many lawyers - AND - courts. ...
Federal Constitutional Court, File Sharing and Children
The Federal Constitutional Court has accepted a constitutional appeal to the decision "Loud" of the Federal Court of Justice and ruled that in the case ...
BGH: Women also gamble on first-person shooters
In a file-sharing case, the Federal Court of Justice has ruled that a woman is eligible as the perpetrator of a copyright infringement even if ...
Imprint and social media: A few stumbling blocks
What should be considered when integrating the imprint? Based on yesterday's article on the subject of imprints in social media accounts, I have received a ...
Are Esport Players Contracts ToS?
Few people know The vast majority of people, let's say the "non-legally educated" people will probably associate the abbreviation GTC or General Terms and Conditions ...
Compensation for missing/incorrect attribution of photos?
For a while, but at the moment it has been a lot of time, there is a quite "trick" behavior of some hobby photographers to ...
Lottery brokerage/gambling/betting on the Internet without permission?
The Regional Court of Koblenz has issued a ruling on the mediation of lottery and similar services in Germany. If such mediation is not authorised ...
Web pages without SSL. Danger of warning letters?
Today I would like to point out a danger of a warning, which is - still - both legally and technically disputed, but which is ...
Twitch Streams and Let’s Plays: Attention!
In line with this article from today, I would like to briefly emphasize that citation law does not apply to computer games and Let's Plays ...
Amazon sellers and duplicate product pages
The issue and case law are from last year, but there still seem to be sellers at Amazon who don't know it and fellow lawyers ...
Fortnite Fan article: Attention warning danger!
Currently, I can only warn against offering unauthorized fan items from Fortnite, the manufacturer Epic Games, such as the replica of the Loot lama, mugs ...
5-day guide: Founding a game development studio
As a support for young studios, this series summarizes the essential steps for founding a game development company. The guide...
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The role of the IT lawyer
In this exciting podcast episode, we delve into the fascinating world of IT start-ups and find out why an experienced...
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My transparent billing
In this video, I talk a bit about transparent billing and how I communicate what it costs to work with...
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