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On 27 July 1964 a Co-Production Agreement has been signed between Germany and Belgium, which entered into force on the same day. The Agreement applies to cultural and feature films as well as to documentaries, made by one or more German producers in conjunction with one or more Belgian producers. Third country producers may join. Financial contribution of a co-producer shall be at least 30% (in the case of multilateral co-productions or as an exception, 20% are the minimum). For further information contact: - Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Referat K 35 (Angelegenheiten...

On 16 May 1990 a Co-Production Agreement has been signed between Germany and Austria. It entered into force on 1 November 1990, replacing the preceding agreement of 27 September 1966. The Agreement applies to cultural and feature films as well as to documentaries. Those involved in the making of the film must be Austrians/Austrian residents, and Germans/resident in Germany respectively. Producers from third countries may join in. Financial contribution of a co-producer shall be at least 30% (exceptionally 20%, for Austria under certain conditions only 10%). For further information contact: - Die...

At their annual conference in October 2004 the prime ministers of the different German Länder "took note" of their approval of the draft 8th Amendment to the Inter-State Broadcasting Agreement, subject to certain conditions. The key point was the decision concerning the level of the broadcasting licence for the coming licence period. The heads of the Länder governments are of the opinion that a smaller increase in the licence than the one called for by the KEF, the Commission set up to identify the financing needs of the public broadcasting companies, will have to suffice, in view of the clearly...

Hamburg Landgericht (Regional Court) has ruled that an author who believed his copyright had been infringed has a right to information from an Internet provider under Art. 101a of the Copyright Act. The applicant, a firm operating in the sound recording industry, claimed that sound recordings were unlawfully available for downloading from the server of the respondent, an Internet provider. The applicant requested information about the particulars of one of the respondent's customers who manages this FTP server and supplies the storage and computer capacity needed for the content. The FTP server...

In a decision of 14 October 2004, the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court) declared that judgments handed down by the European Court of Human Rights are not always binding on German courts. The Bundesverfassungsgericht referred the case back to the Oberlandesgericht (Court of Appeal), which, it ruled, was not bound by the earlier judgment by the ECHR. International agreements were incorporated into German law by formal enactment of legislation and had the status of a federal law. German courts should therefore observe and apply the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)...