English translation of ancillary copyright for publishers as passed by German government

On August 29 2012, German federal government passed a revision of the national Copyright Act granting ancillary copyright protection for news publishers. This move intends to give publishers a similar protection of their investments in content as other creative industries such as music and film have enjoyed for decades. The rapid growth of aggregation on the internet left publishers often unprotected against business models relying on copying their material. To help non-German speakers access the copyright revision this blog presents a non-official private translation. Errors in translation cannot be excluded. The revision is being sent to German parliament Bundestag for deliberation.

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