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Act on the Copyright Liability of Online Content Sharing Service Providers
(Urheberrechts-Diensteanbieter-Gesetz – UrhDaG)*

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Übersetzung durch das Bundesministerium der Justiz in Zusammenarbeit mit Ute Reusch.

Translation provided by the Federal Ministry of Justice in cooperation with Ute Reusch.

Stand: Gesetz über die urheberrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit von Diensteanbietern für das Teilen von Online-Inhalten vom 31. Mai 2021 (BGBl. I S. 1204, 1215)
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Version information: Act on the Copyright Liability of Online Content Sharing Service Providers of 31 May 2021 (Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1204, 1215)
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Part 1
General provisions
Section 1Communication to the public; liability of the service provider
Section 2Service providers
Section 3Services not covered
Part 2
Authorised uses
Section 4Obligation to acquire contractual rights of use; author’s entitlement to direct remuneration
Section 5Uses authorised by law; remuneration of the author
Section 6Extension of authorisations
Part 3
Unauthorised uses
Section 7Qualified blocking
Section 8Simple blocking
Part 4
Uses presumably authorised by law
Section 9Communication to the public of uses presumably authorised by law
Section 10Minor uses
Section 11Flagging of uses authorised by law
Section 12Remuneration by service providers; liability
Part 5
Legal remedies
Section 13Legal remedies; protection against distortion; access to the courts
Section 14Internal complaints procedure
Section 15External complaints body
Section 16Alternative dispute resolution by private arbitration bodies
Section 17Alternative dispute resolution by an official arbitration body
Part 6
Final provisions
Section 18Measures against abuse
Section 19Rights to information
Section 20Person authorised to receive service in the Federal Republic of Germany
Section 21Application to related rights
Section 22Mandatory law