(1) Sections 64 to 67, 69, 105 (1) to (3) und section 138 (5) enter into force on the day following promulgation of this Act.
(2) In all other respects, this Act enters into force on 1 January 1966.
Annex (to section 61a)
Sources for diligent search
1. For published books:
a) the catalogue of the German National Library and the library catalogues and key word lists kept by libraries and other institutions;
b) information supplied by publishers’ and authors’ associations, in particular the Register of Books in Print (VLB);
c) existing databases and registers, Writers, Artists and their Copyright Holders (WATCH) and the ISBN (International Standard Book Number);
d) the databases of the relevant collecting societies, in particular those collecting societies entrusted with asserting rights of reproduction, such as VG Wort’s database;
e) sources bringing together several databases and registers, including the Joint Authority File (GND), Virtual International Authority Files (VIAF) and Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works (ARROW);
2. For newspapers, magazines, trade journals and periodicals:
a) the German ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) – Centre for Regular Publications;
b) indexes and catalogues of library holdings and collections, in particular the catalogue of the German National Library and the Newspaper Database (ZDB);
c) depositories of officially deposited obligatory copies;
d) publishers’ associations and authors’ and journalists’ associations, in particular the Register of Newspapers in Print (VLZ), the Register of Books in Print (VLB), Banger Online, STAMM and pressekatalog.de;
e) the databases of the relevant collecting societies, including those collecting societies entrusted with asserting rights of reproduction, in particular VG Wort’s database;
3. For visual works, including artistic works, photographic works, illustrations, design and architectural works, as well as their drafts and other such works contained in books, magazines, newspapers or other works:
a) the sources referred to in nos. 1 and 2;
b) the databases of the relevant collecting societies, in particular of the collecting societies for artistic works, including the collecting societies entrusted with asserting rights of reproduction, such as VG BildKunst’s database;
c) the databases of photographic agencies;
4. For cinematographic works, as well as for visual mediums and audio and visual mediums on which cinematographic works have been recorded, and for audio mediums:
a) the depositories of officially deposited obligatory copies, in particular the catalogue of the German National Library;
b) information provided by producers’ associations;
c) information provided by the film boards of the Federation and Länder;
d) the databases of institutions and national libraries active in the field of cinematographic and audio heritage, in particular the Association of Film Archives, the Federal Archive, the Foundation of German Film Archives, the German Film Institute (www.filmportal.de database and catalogue), the DEFA Foundation and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation, and the catalogues of the State Libraries in Berlin and Munich;
e) databases with relevant standards and identifiers such as the ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number) for audio-visual material, the ISWC (International Standard Music Work Code) for musical works and the ISRC (International Standard Recording Code) for audio mediums;
f) the databases of the relevant collecting societies, in particular for authors, performers and producers of audio mediums and cinematographic works;
g) the performance of co-authors and other information on the work’s packaging or in its opening or closing credits;
h) the databases of other relevant associations representing certain categories of rightholders, such as associations of film directors, screenwriters, film music composers, composers, theatre publishing houses, theatre and opera associations;
5. For holdings which have not been published or broadcast:
a) current and original owners of the work piece;
b) national registers of estates (Central Database of Estates and Kalliope);
c) finding aids in the national archives;
d) museum inventory lists;
e) credit agencies and telephone books.