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In a decision of 27 August 2010 (case no. 310 O 197/10), the Landgericht Hamburg (Hamburg District Court - LG) rejected an application by the Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights - GEMA) and other collecting societies for a temporary injunction against YouTube. The legal dispute concerned videos uploaded by users onto the YouTube portal, containing pieces of music to which the applicants held the rights but for the use of which YouTube paid no compensation. A licensing agreement between...

In a decision of 3 August 2010, the Amtsgericht Wuppertal (Wuppertal District Court - AG) refused to open the main proceedings in a case concerning the unauthorised use of an unencrypted wireless network on the grounds of insufficient suspicion. On two days in August 2008, the defendant had logged onto a third-party (unencrypted) wireless network without permission and without paying a fee. In the AG's opinion, this did not constitute either the offence of unauthorised tapping under Article 89(1)(1) of the Telekommunikationsgesetz (Telecommunications Act - TKG) or unauthorised retrieval or acquisition...

According to a press release issued by the online video recording service Save.TV, on 28 July 2010 the Landgericht München (Munich District Court - LG), at the request of television broadcaster RTL, granted a temporary injunction against one of its service companies, obliging it to cease providing technical support so that the RTL channel could no longer be recorded. The reasons for the court's decision were not reported. The unnamed technical service company is reported to have announced immediately that it would take legal action against the temporary injunction. The injunction clearly represents...

On 19 July 2010, the Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (Commission for the Protection of Young People in the Media - KJM) and satellite provider ASTRA announced the conclusion of an agreement, under which ASTRA promised, on a voluntary basis, not to sign any more contracts with foreign providers of free-to-air erotic content for an indefinite period, and to phase out all existing contracts by the end of 2011. Aware of its responsibility as a service provider to protect young people, ASTRA also declared its willingness to refer proactively in line with its cooperation with the KJM at various events. This...

On 11 June 2010, the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) adopted an amendment to the Filmförderungsgesetz (Film Support Act - FFG). The Bundesrat (upper house of parliament) had already decided not to raise any objections on 26 March 2010 and adopted it on 18 June 2010. Under the revised FFG, whose entry into force was backdated to 1 January 2010, the television industry is now legally obliged to pay a fixed level of contributions to the Filmförderungsanstalt (Film Support Office - FFA). Previously, television companies were free to negotiate the level of their contributions with the FFA (Art....