(1) Participation in complaints procedures under sections 14 and 15 is voluntary for users and rightholders.
(2) Participation in alternative dispute resolution pursuant to sections 16 and 17 is voluntary for users, rightholders and service providers.
(3) The protection of authors against distortion of their work under section 14 of the Copyright Act remains unaffected. To that end, the author may also demand simple blocking in accordance with section 8 within the scope of application of sections 9 to 11.
(4) The right to appeal to the courts remains unaffected.