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Main text(s) Main text(s) German Bundesgesetz 1936 über das Urheberrecht an Werken der Literatur und der Kunst und über verwandte Schutzrechte (zuletzt geändert durch das Bundesgesetz BGBI. I Nr. 182/2023)      

Legislation Implements (11 text(s)) Implements (11 text(s))

• Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (EU230)
• Directive No. 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works (EU169)
• Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 amending Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (EU170)
• Directive No. 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the Term of Protection of Copyright and Certain Related Rights (codified version) (EU226)
• Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (codified version) (EU071)
• Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (EU053)
• Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (EU049)
• Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art (EU087)
• Directive No. 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (EU005)
• Directive No. 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (EU188)
• Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (EU171)

Supersedes (7 text(s)) Supersedes (7 text(s))

• Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights 1936 (AT171)
• Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights (Copyright Law 1936, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 105/2018 (BGBI.I No. 105/2018)) (AT162)
• Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights (Copyright Law 1936, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 63/2018 (BGBI.I No. 63/2018)) (AT149)
• Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights (Copyright Law 1936, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 99/2015 (BGBI.I No. 99/2015)) (AT122)
• Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights (Copyright Law 1936, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 58/2010 (BGBl. I No. 58/2010)) (AT094)
• Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights (Copyright Law of 1936, as amended up to Federal Law Gazette I (BGBl.I) No. 25/1998) (AT091)
• Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights (Copyright Law 1936 published in Federal Law Gazette No. 111/1936 (BGBI. No. 111/1936)) (AT001)

Is amended by (22 text(s)) Is amended by (22 text(s))

• Digital Services Act (DSA) published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No. 182/2023  (AT181)
• Copyright Amendment 2021 – Urh Nov 2021 published in the Federal Law Gazette BGBl. I No. 244/2021  (AT170)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 2014) (BGBI. I No. 11/2015) (AT125)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law and the Law on Collecting Societies 2006 (Copyright Amendment Law 2015) (BGBI. I No. 99/2015) (AT124)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law and the Law on Collecting Societies 2006 (Copyright Amendment Law 2013) (BGBI. I No. 150/2013) (AT126)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law and Article III of the Copyright Amendment Law 2005 (Copyright Amendment Law 2009) (BGBl. I No. 2/2010) (AT129)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Laws on Insolvency (BGBI. I No. 58/2010) (AT127)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Laws on Insolvency 2010 (BGBl. I No. 29/2010) (AT128)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 2006) (BGBI. I No. 81/2006) (AT131)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 2005) (BGBI. I No. 22/2006) (AT132)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 2003) (BGBI. I No. 32/2003) (AT133)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 2000) (BGBI. I No. 110/2000) (AT134)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 1997) (BGBl. I No. 25/1998) (AT135)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law and the Copyright Amendment Law 1980 (Copyright Amendment Law 1996) (BGBI. No. 151/1996) (AT012)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 1993) (BGBI. No. 93/1993) (AT010)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 1988) (BGBI. No. 601/1988) (AT008)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law and the Copyright Amendment Law 1980 (Copyright Amendment Law 1989) (BGBI. No. 612/1989) (AT009)
• Federal Law of February 19, 1982, on Amendments to the Copyright Law (BGBI. No. 295/1982) (AT006)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 1980) (BGBI. No. 321/1980) (AT005)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 1972) (BGBI. No. 492/1972) (AT004)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 1953) (BGBI. No. 106/1953) (AT003)
• Federal Law on Amendments to the Copyright Law (Copyright Amendment Law 1949) (BGBI. No. 206/1949) (AT002)

Treaties Relates to (3 records) Relates to (3 records)

• Universal Copyright Convention 1952 (September 6, 1952)
• Universal Copyright Convention 1971 (July 24, 1971)
• Agreement on the European Economic Area (May 2, 1992)