https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on Thursday came to an important ruling on illegal downloads that has consequences not just for those who break the law. https://www.thelocal.de/20170331/what-you-need-to-know-when-you-download-music-in-germany Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:13:38 +0200 what-you-need-to-know-when-you-download-music-in-germany YouTube viewers in Germany will now be able to watch the videos once blocked by performing rights organization GEMA after the two parties came to a licensing agreement. https://www.thelocal.de/20161101/youtubers-rejoice-gema-lifts-block-on-youtube-videos Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:24:13 +0100 youtubers-rejoice-gema-lifts-block-on-youtube-videos A German court ruled on Wednesday that German Haribo gummy bears had no grounds to complain about copyright infringement by their Swiss chocolatey cousins from Lindt. https://www.thelocal.de/20150923/lindt-bear-can-wear-haribo-bears-ribbon Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:14:20 +0200 lindt-bear-can-wear-haribo-bears-ribbon German companies are ranked second in the world for industrial plagiarism, a global study released on Friday found. https://www.thelocal.de/20140808/made-in-germany-plaigarism-tech Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:45:00 +0200 made-in-germany-plaigarism-tech Internet mogul Kim Dotcom said on Monday he was offering a $5 million "bounty" to whistleblowers for information to help fight an online piracy case brought by the United States. https://www.thelocal.de/20140609/kim-dotcom-offers-5m-bounty-in-online-piracy-case Mon, 09 Jun 2014 18:20:00 +0200 kim-dotcom-offers-5m-bounty-in-online-piracy-case Ex-lovers should delete revealing photos and videos taken of their former partners when relationships end, a German court ruled on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140522/court-forces-ex-lovers-to-delete-sexy-photos Thu, 22 May 2014 10:10:00 +0200 court-forces-ex-lovers-to-delete-sexy-photos A court in western Germany has decided in favour of an American organization in a bizarre case which ruled divine inspiration from Jesus cannot be copyrighted to the son of God but to the human recipient of the message. https://www.thelocal.de/20140515/german-court-copyrights-jesus-text-course-in-miracles Thu, 15 May 2014 13:56:00 +0200 german-court-copyrights-jesus-text-course-in-miracles Internet users in Germany will find it easier to watch music videos online after a deal was signed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130903/51723 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:26:00 +0200 51723 A German court has rejected a US company's request for copyright on two pornographic films. Their "primitive" depiction of sex meant that they did not count as intellectual property, the judge decided. https://www.thelocal.de/20130704/50695 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:21:00 +0200 50695 Germany’s ruling centre-right coalition is set to water down proposed legislation that would force internet search engines and news aggregators like Google to pay publishers for displaying snippets of their content. https://www.thelocal.de/20130227/48211 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:10:00 +0100 48211 The German Pirate Party plunged into chaos on Friday when two top party members stepped down, one of whom had prevented her book from being freely distributed online, outraging her anti-copyright colleagues. https://www.thelocal.de/20121026/45805 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:55:00 +0200 45805 A German law firm is threatening to publish a list of internet connections it is accusing of breaching pornography copyright in order to advertise its services – and will start with those in police stations and church rectories. https://www.thelocal.de/20120821/44487 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:44:00 +0200 44487 Two of Germany’s food giants started a second helping of pudding palaver on Tuesday as they re-heated legal arguments over whether one had copied the other’s dairy dessert. https://www.thelocal.de/20120626/43393 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:51:00 +0200 43393 Over 1,400 German celebrities and artists have signed an open letter protesting a new political culture that they believe sanctions the "theft of intellectual property" on the internet. https://www.thelocal.de/20120511/42477 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:07:00 +0200 42477 Germany on Friday defied the European Union by refusing to sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), meant to unify copyright law internationally. Massive anti-ACTA protests are planned for Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120210/40661 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:19:00 +0100 40661 Police said Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz, the German founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, tried to avoid arrest for alleged major copyright infringement by locking himself inside a panic room in his New Zealand house. https://www.thelocal.de/20120121/40257 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:39:00 +0100 40257 A group representing German musicians found itself accused of Scrooge-like meanness on Tuesday after pressing kindergartens to pay up for singing songs that are protected by copyright. https://www.thelocal.de/20101228/32079 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:05:00 +0100 32079 A US jury has ordered German software giant SAP to pay US rival Oracle $1.3 billion in damages in a record-setting copyright infringement award. https://www.thelocal.de/20101124/31367 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:55:00 +0100 31367 Internet users who don’t properly secure their wireless connection with a password can be held partly responsible if third parties use their account to illegally download music, a German court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.de/20100513/27171 Thu, 13 May 2010 13:31:00 +0200 27171 Internet pirates who repeatedly download illegally copied music, movies and other content will not have their internet service cut off in Germany, Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100303/25619 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:05:00 +0100 25619