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Under copyright law, reproductions of a work for personal use are permitted within certain limits. To compensate for the fact that the producers [...]
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The Regional Court of Hamburg (LG Hamburg) has ordered "Youtube LLC." as operator of the Internet platform "Youtube" and "Google Inc." as the sole shareholder [...]
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The First Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible for competition law, among other things, ruled in six cases heard on April 15, 2010, [...]
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In Germany, responsibilities in the gaming sector are divided between the federal government and the states. In most of the Länder, there is a [...]
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