The reform of copyright law in Germany has taken four years from the first announcement of the so-called “second basket” of the copyright law reform. The elections in September 2005 and the change of government have caused this delay but also, more importantly, the new concept of device levies onto PCs and other technical devices.
The article written by Dr. Katharina Scheja and Reto Mantz is available for download here.
!!! Der Artikel “Das Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Durchsetzung von Rechten des geistigen Eigentums” von Thomas Heymann wird in der Ausgabe 09/2008 der Zeitschrift “Computer & Recht” veröffentlicht !!!