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UrhDaG (EN)

Act on the Copyright Liability of Online Content Sharing Service Providers
UrhDaG-EN · official text on Gesetze im Internet — official English translation

🇩🇪 Auf Deutsch lesen (original text)

This is the German Federal Ministry of Justice's own official English translation, by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in cooperation with Ute Reusch. The German original linked above is the legally authoritative text.

Sections

Part 1 General provisions

• Section 1 — Communication to the public; liability of the service provider
• Section 2 — Service providers
• Section 3 — Services not covered

Part 2 Authorised uses

• Section 4 — Obligation to acquire contractual rights of use; author’s entitlement to direct remuneration
• Section 5 — Uses authorised by law; remuneration of the author
• Section 6 — Extension of authorisations

Part 3 Unauthorised uses

• Section 7 — Qualified blocking
• Section 8 — Simple blocking

Part 4 Uses presumably authorised by law

• Section 9 — Communication to the public of uses presumably authorised by law
• Section 10 — Minor uses
• Section 11 — Flagging of uses authorised by law
• Section 12 — Remuneration by service providers; liability

Part 5 Legal remedies

• Section 13 — Legal remedies; protection against distortion; access to the courts
• Section 14 — Internal complaints procedure
• Section 15 — External complaints body
• Section 16 — Alternative dispute resolution by private arbitration bodies
• Section 17 — Alternative dispute resolution by an official arbitration body

Part 6 Final provisions

• Section 18 — Measures against abuse
• Section 19 — Rights to information
• Section 20 — Person authorised to receive service in the Federal Republic of Germany
• Section 21 — Application to related rights
• Section 22 — Mandatory law