Copyrights: National treatment is also granted
Copyrights: National treatment is also granted to foreign copyright holders, including
remuneration for private recordings. Under the TRIPS agreement, Germany also grants legal
protection for U.S. Performing artists against the commercial distribution of unauthorized live
recordings in Germany. Germany has signed the WIPO Internet treaties and ratified them in
2003.
Foreign and German rights holders, however, remain critical of provisions in the German
Copyright Act that allow exceptions for private copies of copyrighted works. Most rights holder
organizations regard German authorities’ enforcement of intellectual property protections as
effective.
In 2008, Germany implemented the EU enforcement directive with a national bill,
thereby strengthening the privileges of rights holders and allowing for improved enforcement
action.
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