Revised copyright regulations for education and research

2018/02/28

The Bundestag (German Parliament) passed a new Copyright Act for the information and knowledge-based society. It provides clarification concerning the use of proprietary works in the digital age and comes into force by 1 March 2018.

See more information by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research:

https://www.bmbf.de/de/neues-urheberrechtsgesetz-fuer-die-wissenschaft-4431.html

These are the new rules for libraries and library users:

http://www.bibliotheksverband.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Kommissionen/Kom_Recht/Rechtsinformationen/2017_07_24_Urheberrechtsreform_%C3%84nderungen_zum_01.03.2018.pdf (opens in new tab)