Introduction to Copyright Law
Lecture – English Language

Vorlesung an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Wintersemester 2025 / 2026
Wednesday, 18.15 to 19.45h, room BE 2, 140
(in-person)

15.10.2025

Why copyright? The German and the European copyright system

22.10.2025

Protected works I

29.10.2025

No Lecture

05.11.2025

Protected works II

12.11.2025

No Lecture

19.11.2025

No Lecture

26.11.2025

Authorship; Duration of copyright

03.12.2025

Rights conferred (moral rights, economic rights)

10.12.2025

No Lecture

17.12.2025

Neighboring rights (related rights) to copyright

24.12. and 31.12.2025

No lecture (academic vacations)

07.01.2026

Exceptions and limitations to copyright law

14.01.2026

Copyright contract law

21.01.2026

Collecting societies

28.01.2026

Final lecture: copyright case studies; preparing Abschlussklausur
(exam)

10.02.2026 (Dienstag)

Abschlussklausur (digital take home exam)

Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann (Status: 01.10.2025)