Act on Copyright Content Sharing Service Providers
Urheberrechts-Diensteanbieter-Gesetz (UrhDaG)
Zusammenfassung
The Act on Copyright Content Sharing Service Providers (UrhDaG) is the German transposition of the controversial Art. 17 Directive (EU) 2019/790 (DSMD). Instead of a minimum effort copy-paste implementation into the German Copyright Act (UrhG), the German legislator opted for a comprehensive stand-alone act with extensive provisions on, e.g.
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an OCSSP with a safe-harbour clause for excluded service providers
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the obligation to acquire contractual rights of use
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direct remuneration for authors, performers, and photographers
This article-by-article commentary offers a clearly and uniformly structured analysis of the provisions, shows the extensive discussions that accompanied the implementation procedure, and addresses the interplay of the UrhDaG with the UrhG and the respective requirements of the DSMD. Benjamin Raue is a Professor of Private Law, Digital and IP Law at Trier University. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider is a Professor of Private Law, Data Economy Law, Data Protection Law, Law of Digitalisation and AI Law at the University of Bonn.
Schlagworte
- I–XIV Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis I–XIV
- 3–13 A. Introduction 3–13
- 3–4 I. Legislative history 3–4
- 4–8 II. Rationale 4–8
- 8–11 III. EU law 8–11
- 11–12 IV. International scope 11–12
- 12–13 V. Application in time 12–13
- 13–170 B. Commentary 13–170
- 13–47 Part 1. General provisions 13–47
- § 1. Communication to the public; liability of the service provider
- § 2. Service providers
- § 3. Services not covered
- 47–74 Part 2. Authorised uses 47–74
- § 4. Obligation to obtain contractual rights of use; direct remuneration right of the author
- § 5. Statutorily permitted uses; remuneration of the author
- § 6. Extension of authorisations
- 74–92 Part 3. Unauthorised uses 74–92
- § 7. Qualified blocking
- § 8. Simple blocking
- 92–119 Part 4. Uses presumably authorised by law 92–119
- § 9. Communication to the public of presumably legitimate uses
- § 10. Minor uses
- § 11. Flagging as permitted use
- § 12. Remuneration by service providers; liability
- 119–148 Part 5. Legal remedies 119–148
- § 13. Remedies; protection against distortion; access to the courts
- § 14. Internal complaints procedure
- § 15. External complaints body
- § 16. Out-of-court dispute resolution by private arbitration bodies
- § 17. Out-of-court dispute resolution by the public arbitration body
- 148–170 Part 6. Final provisions 148–170
- § 18. Measures against abuse
- § 19. Rights of access
- § 20. Domestic agent to receive service
- § 21. Application to related rights
- § 22. Mandatory provisions
