- Schleswig-Holstein’s Ministry of Finance issued guidance on the VAT treatment of royalties paid under the participation claim in § 87k UrhG.
- § 87g UrhG gives press publishers a related right to control online use of their journalistic content, including possible paid licensing to platforms like search engines and social networks.
- § 87k UrhG grants authors and other rights holders (e.g., journalists) a statutory right to an appropriate share of the publisher’s revenue from exploiting those rights, generally one-third.
- This remuneration claim may only be enforced by collecting societies, not directly by individual authors or rights holders.
Source: datenbank.nwb.de
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