The New Copyright Act

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.... more more

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In praise of the novel

Tuesday 13 September, 2005

"Humankind will prevail because, in spite of the accidents of history, the novel tells us that art restores the life in us that was disregarded by the haste of history." Carlos Fuentes' opening speech at the Fifth International Literature Festival Berlin pays tribute to Don Quixote and literature as a whole.
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