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Host of German version of the TV show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” wins legal battle for the right to use his picture
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- Germany
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- September 25 2009
Günther Jauch, the host of the German version of the famous TV show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", fought a battle through the instances that found a positive ending for him before the German Federal Court of Justice in March of this year, with the full decision published only recently (I ZR 807
The opera “Motezuma” by Antonio Vivaldi still protected under copyright law?
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- Germany
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- April 20 2009
On Jan. 22, 2009, the German Federal Court of Justice rendered judgment (I ZR 1907) in a case concerning the question of whether or not the Berliner Sing-Akademie, a professional choir in Berlin, had a right to claim exclusive rights of exploitation to Vivaldi’s opera “Motezuma” under Sec. 71 of the German Copyright Act, asserting that the work had never been published prior to the claimants’ initial release of the work after expiry of its copyright protection
To infringe or not to infringe? German Federal Supreme Court decides on sampling of music
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- Germany
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- March 25 2013
Section 24 (1) of the German Copyright Act permits the publication and exploitation of an independent work that is created in free use of a work of
Federal Court of Justice: “Internet-based” video recorders are generally illegal
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- Germany
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- June 22 2009
The Federal Court of Justice had to decide on April 22, 2009 on the legitimacy of so-called "Internet-based" video recorders
Decision by the European Court of Justice concerning electronic press reviews in accordance with the Directive on Copyright in the Information Society
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- Denmark, European Union
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- September 25 2009
In a referral decision concerning a referral by a Danish court, the European Court of Justice decided on the admissibility of the creation of electronic press reviews in light of Art. 2 and 5 of Directive 200129EC Concerning Copyright in the Information Society on July 16, 2009
Federal Court of Justice: GEMA not competent to grant licenses for use of music in advertising
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- Germany
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- January 27 2010
The German Federal Court of Justice decided in a decision of June 10, 2009 (file no. I ZR 22606, published with full opinion only November 30, 2009), that the German collecting society for musical rights, GEMA, is currently not competent to license rights of its members regarding the use of musical works in advertising
‘Appropriate remuneration’ for translators under German copyright law German Federal Court of Justice decides in favor of translators
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- Germany
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- January 27 2010
In five parallel matters decided by the German Federal Court of Justice October 7, 2009 and published by the court recently (case nos. I ZR 3807, I ZR 3907, I ZR 4007, I ZR 4107 and I ZR 23006), the court further interpreted the provisions on appropriate remuneration for licensors in German copyright law
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- Workarea - Media & Entertainment
- Firm Name - Reed Smith LLP
- Author - Alexander R. Klett