Jul 01, 2024 Rachel’s Song – Part II: Neighbouring rights in music created by or with artificial intelligence under German copyright law By Dr. Christoph Hendel In one of the many iconic scenes of Ridley Scott’s movie Blade Runner (1982), an artificial “replicant” called Rachel plays piano for the...
Jun 28, 2024 Rachel’s Song – Part I: Rights of authors to music created by or with artificial intelligence under German copyright law By Dr. Christoph Hendel In one of the many iconic scenes of Ridley Scott’s movie Blade Runner (1982), an artificial “replicant” called Rachel plays piano for the...
Mar 26, 2024 The Rise of Generative AI in Gaming and Its Legal Challenges (Part 3) By Dr. Simon Hembt Oliver Belitz The first part of this series underscored the opportunities that generative AI (“GenAI”) presents for the gaming industry. It also...
Dec 08, 2023 The Rise of Generative AI in Gaming and Its Legal Challenges (Part 2) By Dr. Simon Hembt Oliver Belitz The first part of this series underscored the opportunities that generative AI (“GenAI”) presents for the gaming industry. It also...
Nov 17, 2023 The Rise of Generative AI in Gaming and Its Legal Challenges (Part 1) By Dr. Simon Hembt Oliver Belitz Generative Artificial Intelligence is poised to reshape the gaming industry, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and complex...
Oct 20, 2023 European Commission Consults on Payments for Recorded Music Played in the EU By Naji Tilley najiThe European Union (“EU”) has announced that it is consulting stakeholders in the recorded music industry on how best to apply the...
May 05, 2023 “Action Replay” – the German Federal Supreme Court submits questions on copyright protection against “cheating” devices for PlayStation Portable games By Dr. Christoph Hendel Dr. Niels Lutzhöft, LL.M. In a legal dispute that has been ongoing for more than 10 years between Sony and the manufacturers and distributors of the “Action...
Jan 06, 2023 A fake interview with a politician does not violate her personal rights; an update from the German Regional Court By Roman Brtka, LL.M. The Regional Court of Hamburg addressed the question in August last year as to whether a fake interview with a German politician violates...
Oct 05, 2022 “New movies coming soon to the Metaverse near you” – Copyright issues with films in the metaverse By Dr. Niels Lutzhöft, LL.M. Dr. Simon Hembt Will we slip into avatars to see new movie releases in the metaverse in future? Film events have already made their way into today's...
Aug 09, 2022 Advertising “climate-neutral” production conditions By Markus Witzmann, LL.M. Environmental and climate-related advertising claims have increasingly been the subject of (not only) German courts for some time...
Mar 31, 2022 New content moderation rules in Germany: flexibility for community standards and justice by procedure By Dr. Simon Hembt The German Federal Supreme Court confirms in its latest “hate speech”-judgements that platforms have the right to set their own...
Jun 29, 2021 Advantage in the (summer-) tiebreaker: Comment on the Federal Cartel Office’s preliminary assessment of DFL’s 50+1 ownership rule By Dr. Joseph Fesenmair On 31 May 2021 the Federal Cartel Office issued a press release which disrupted the world of professional football in its summer break -...
Jan 22, 2021 CJEU and German Federal Court of Justice rule what information platform owners have to provide about uploaders to copyright holders By Franz Gernhardt, LL.M. In 2019 the German Federal Court of Justice asked the CJEU to rule on the extent of the information that a copyright holder has the right...
Jul 29, 2020 Product Placement with Influencers is “obvious” marketing and does not require disclosure, according to the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg By Constantin Eikel In a decision* contrary to the current climate on influencer marketing, the Higher Regional Court of Hamburg decided that Instagram posts...
Jun 10, 2020 The Afghanistan Papers – Germany cannot prohibit the publication of military situation reports by invoking copyright law By Roman Brtka, LL.M. Roman Brtka reports on a recent decision by the German Federal Court of Justice ruling on the German Government's attempt to prevent...
May 26, 2020 No copyright violation by publication of book excerpts of a member of the German Parliament through an internet news portal By Franz Gernhardt, LL.M. Franz Gernhardt reports on the highly anticipated decision of the German Federal Court of Justice regarding the degree to which a news...