BGH: uploading a free-trial version of Microsoft Office is also making available to the public
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| Publication date | 20-02-2020 |
| Publisher | Kluwer Copyright Blog |
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| Abstract | On 28 March 2019, the German Federal Court (BGH) was asked to review a lower court’s decision on the legality of the unauthorised uploading of the 30 day free trial version of Microsoft software on an online trader’s website. This gave the BGH the chance to further clarify the applicability of the German Copyright Act (UhrG) and related EU legal instruments to the growing online market for used software and product-keys, and especially the scope of liability for resellers. |
| Document type | Web publication or website |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com/2020/02/20/bgh-uploading-a-free-trial-version-of-microsoft-office-is-also-making-available-to-the-public/ |
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