Volume 2 provides a practice-oriented presentation of the content and scope of copyright protection for media products. It explains copyright laws applicable to different categories of works and offers suggestions for contract design.

The work at hand examines the origin and content of the law of music adaptation and assigns it dogmatically to the field of copyright law regulations. It also explores the issue of the barriers GEMA faces in the administration of this law and the law's consequences on the actual use of music.

This textbook uses a three stage didactic model for acquiring or deepening knowledge about copyright law. Based on theoretical as well as practical issues in the area of copyright law, it draws on major decisions of the BGH (German Supreme Court), which help develop the important doctrinal implications of the case."

The textbook on copyright law offers a didactic three-step-model to aid the acquisition and deepening of copyright law knowledge. Significant German Federal Court of Justice decisions are drawn upon based on theoretical as well as practical questions in the area of copyright law which especially illustrate the dogmatic key aspects of the case.

The textbook on copyright law offers a didactic three-step-model to aid the acquisition and deepening of copyright law knowledge. Significant German Federal Court of Justice decisions are drawn upon based on theoretical as well as practical questions in the area of copyright law which especially illustrate the dogmatic key aspects of the case.