New GRUR article “The Digital Private Copy in the Age of Exception Based Business Models” by Dr. Martin Schaefer

In the 12/2020 issue of the journal “GRUR – Zeitschrift der Deutschen Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht” (GRUR is the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the largest and oldest association in Germany that is dedicated to the protection of intellectual property), on the occasion of two judgements of the German Federal Court of Justice, BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT attorney Dr. Martin Schaefer analyses the current practice, in Germany, of basing commercial business models on exceptions and limitations of German copyright law that in their majority had been created for non-commercial use only. 

Under the title „The Digital Private Copy in the Age of Exception Based Business Models”, Dr. Schaefer calls for such business models to be examined more closely than so far regarding their compatibility with the requirements of EU law. 

The article is available in German only either in print or to subscribers on the Beck-Online platform under: GRUR 2020, 1248.