Skating between human magic and machine, the fragile fate of generative AI ‘works’ By Georgia Jenkins at Friday, February 20, 2026 AI AI generated creations Artificial Intelligence author's own intellectual creation copyright work cultural production Georgia Jenkins German copyright law human creativity logos originality +
Berlin Regional Court indirectly exclaims ‘Yippee-ki-yay’ to AI-voice cloning Bruce Willis’ German dubbing artist’s voice By Georgia Jenkins at Thursday, November 06, 2025 AI Act commercial use confusion creative reuse deepfake general personality right Georgia Jenkins German copyright law I-voice cloning Image rights +
BGH on the freedom of the seas, ahm, panorama By Mark Schweizer at Friday, April 28, 2017 BGH freedom of panorama German copyright law +
Can you use short musical sequences as background loop for a rap song? "Goldrapper" By Birgit Clark at Saturday, April 18, 2015 Bundesgerichtshof Bushido copyright creative effort German copyright law loops OLG Hamburg rap sampling +
Copyright dispute relating to "Ascot" photograph: will a Munich model now receive "100,000 Euros for her boobs"? By Birgit Clark at Friday, September 12, 2014 boobs co-authorship copyright copyright in photographs German copyright law model +
Regional Court of Cologne: keep that pig off the (blue) sofa! By Birgit Clark at Tuesday, December 24, 2013 advertising couch German copyright law pig sofa unfair competition +
Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe: just a house in the middle of a street.... By Birgit Clark at Wednesday, September 11, 2013 architecture German copyright law house OLG Karlsruhe +
BGH: Beuys' art not deformed after all? By Birgit Clark at Monday, September 09, 2013 collecting societies copyright freedom of art Freedom of expression German copyright law photographs of artworks +
Regional Court of Munich: no copyright protection for “sexual intercourse shown in a primitive way” By Birgit Clark at Monday, September 02, 2013 German copyright law Munich pornography +
GEMA vs YouTube - what the Hamburg court really said... By Birgit Clark at Saturday, April 21, 2012 disturbance liability German copyright law Internet filters Regional Court of Hamburg YouTube +
YouTube Hits a Wall Near Berlin; Googlers Concerned By Tara Aaron at Friday, April 20, 2012 disturbance liability German copyright law Internet filters Regional Court of Hamburg YouTube +
The "deformation" of Joseph Beuys' live art performance By Birgit Clark at Tuesday, January 24, 2012 collecting societies copyright freedom of art Freedom of expression German copyright law photographs of artworks +
Court as "film critic"? No "fairness compensation" for German dubbing actor By Birgit Clark at Monday, August 15, 2011 fairness compensation German copyright law +
Tatort - no "fairness compensation" for co-creator of TV series intro By Birgit Clark at Monday, March 28, 2011 fair compensation German copyright law TV series +
From “Dr Googleberg” to the “Google Book Settlement” - Some news from Germany By Birgit Clark at Sunday, March 06, 2011 Alleged plagiarism German copyright law Google Book Guttenberg Heidi Knut Paul trade marks +
Germany's rise to industrial power: due to lack of copyright? By Mark Schweizer at Friday, August 20, 2010 German copyright law IP policy patent history +