üngste Entwicklungslinien in der Urheberrechtsgeschichte - das „Gesetz zur verbesserten Durchsetzung des Anspruchs der Urheber und ausübenden Künstler auf angemessene Vergütung“ vom 1. März 2017
Recent Developments in the German Copyrightlaw: The "Gesetz zur verbesserten Durchsetzung des Anspruchs von Urhebern und ausübenden Künstlern auf angemessene Vergütung“, from March 1, 2017

Summary/Abstract: This article highlights the situation before the implementation of the german law titled „Gesetz zur verbesserten Durchsetzung des Anspruchs von Urhebern und ausübenden Künstlern auf angemessene Vergütung“, which became effective on March 1, 2017. For the first time the right for a reasonable remuneration was set up in the German law. Besides the representing part of this article - which describes the economic situation of the creative industry, the position of authors and the owner of the rights, as well as the resulting question about motivation of the authors and the importance of a new law - the article gives an overview about the recent developments of the German copyright and points out the necessity of further improvements of the law to satisfy the rights for a reasonable remuneration of the authors.

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