Tag: Software

The Frankfurt District Court has ruled that the owner of an Internet connection is liable for copyright infringements through file sharing, even if it is ...

Software developers should be concerned about another negative consequence of the EU copyright reform. In addition to the right to information, a right of recovery ...

The Federal Court of Justice has published the full reasoning of the Adblock II decision ( I ZR 154/16 ). The tenor was a) The ...

The Entertainment Software Self-Regulation Body (USK) is changing its practice in the age rating procedure for games in which symbols of unconstitutional organizations are used. ...

What is it all about? On Yelp, users can rate companies by awarding one to five stars and one text. The Internet portal displays all ...

For numerous reasons, the topic of cheating in esports is currently very hot and controversial. But can I actually track my players to prevent cheating? ...

Did you already prepare sending out Christmas cards? I could bet that a detail that the State Commissioner for Data Protection in Rhineland-Palatinate considers necessary ...

Facts The applicant claims that Yelp is injunctive relief, determination and damages for its assessment representations. As many will know, registered users on Yelp can ...

GDPR vs. Archiving Obligations In recent weeks, a new discussion has flared up around one of the numerous legal issues in the GDPR. As if ...

Cookies go around In the last time I have already written some things about the cookie decision of the ECJ. Many clients or potential clients ...

Currently, Microsoft has started a real battle of the streaming giants with its streaming platform Mixer, as the software giant first acquired Ninja from Twitch ...

Creating and correcting publishing contracts for computer games is just as much my day-to-day business as contracts for freelancers and other agreements. Again and again, ...

Even if you never know for sure, it looks as if the UK will leave the European Union on 1 November 2019. Larger companies, with ...

The following article was originally written by Andrea Rizzi from www.insightlegal.it and published by me here on the blog in German after consultation. Italy has ...

There is currently a start-up trend in Germany that has evolved from the need for collaborative development of software and/or project development for startups. The ...

Since 26 April 2019, the new Trade Secrets Act has implemented an EU directive that has so far received little attention in many companies. In ...

Since the topic is topical in Germany, today a short execution on criminal responsibility for the operation of pirate servers. Back in February of this ...

I am always contacted by requests, such as how to deal with platforms such as Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, for example as a softwar developer or ...

Time and again you can see that it is believed that free software, especially shareware or freeware, can be packed on your own servers/websites, as ...

For this reason, I would like to point out once again that operators of online shops similar websites with many graphics and photos pay close ...