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↩︎ See Ginsburg & Ricketson , supra note 49, ¶¶ 11.30 – 11.41 (discussing the rights of reproduction and adaptation in the Convention) [ read full article here ]. ↩︎ See, e.g., German Act on Copyright and RelatedRights (Urheberrechtsgesetz – UrhG), § 3 – Adaptations, Copyright Act of 9 September 1965 (Federal Law Gazette I, p.
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