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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 4 of 4: Copyright contract law and enforcement

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In this regard, the BGH considered it to be “legally unobjectionable” to base an estimation of damages on the economic value of the advertising effect of an electronic link to the plaintiff’s website, if the plaintiff has generally offered the option of using his photographs free of charge in return for an electronic link to his website.

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Copyright case law of the German Bundesgerichtshof 2015 – 2019 – Part 1 of 4: Definition of a work, authorship and moral rights

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This first part covers the definition of a work, authorship and moral rights. Parts 2 to 4 will address exploitation rights, related rights, exceptions and limitations, copyright contract law and enforcement. Moral rights (Sections 12-14 UrhG). 2] BGH, 16 April 2015, GRUR 2015, 1189. [3]