On 5th July 2007, the German Bundestag passed the Second Act Governing Copyright in the Information Society ("Second Basket" of copyright law reform). Four years after the first reform, a new balance has been struck between the interests of authors, exploiters, equipment producers and end-users, none of whom are, however, especially happy with the compromise solution....
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Among the favourites of the season are Terezia Mora, Antje Ravic
Strubel, Juli Zeh, Brigitte Kronauer and Irina Liebmann. Thank goodness
they're not so young that we have to speak of a new girl-wonder
phenomenon.
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From the mysterious identity of a possibly Jewish SS officer to the history of i.d. itself.
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According to the German critics, the most exciting political books this season came from the United States.
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The best of the 'Arab Worlds' focus of the 2004 Frankfurter Book Fair.
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Refreshingly non-nostalgic memoirs out of the former East Germany and fresh takes on Schiller and Frederick the Great.
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