Tagged With: Section 72 German Copyright Act

This paper reviews the pressing need for providing access to the public domain free of restrictions, it details the rationale behind the chain of court decisions in the Reiss Engelhorn Museum's lawsuit against the Wikimedia community, and it outlines how copyright claims in reproductions impact the dissemination of knowledge and public participation in the appreciation and generation of cultural content.

This article reviews the Regional Court of Berlin's decision in favor of the Reiss Engelhorn Museum, ruling photographs of public domain paintings are protected by the section 72 copyright-related right of the German Copyright Act.