Bild GmbH & Co. KG v. Tobias Richter
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 51.168768345617636
Longitude: 10.094236493110516
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Germany
- Decision Date
- Dec 21, 2016
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Granted
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Monetary Damages
- Keywords
- Copyright
- Privacy
- Case Number
- 310 O 129/16
- Case Summary
A First Instance Court in Hamburg held that the Respondent had infringed the Claimant's copyright by explaining to people in a video how users could circumvent adblocking software that belonged to the Claimant. The Court held that the adblocking software was an effective technical measure for the protection of a copyrighted work pursuant to the Act on Copyright and Related Rights (the Act) and that the Respondent had been in breach of §95a(3) by distributing source-codes which explained how to avoid the adblocking software and get free access without ads to the Claimant's online newspaper website.
- Case Significance
The decision establishes a binding or persuasive precedent within its jurisdiction.
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
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