Vorlesung
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
Protected works II
05.11.2025
Authorship; Duration of copyright
12.11.2025
No Lecture
19.11.2025
No Lecture
26.11.2025
Rights conferred (moral rights, economic rights) I
03.12.2025
Rights conferred (moral rights, economic rights) II
10.12.2025
Neighboring rights (related rights) to copyright
17.12.2025
Exceptions and limitations to copyright law
24.12. and 31.12.2025
No lecture (academic vacations)
07.01.2026
Copyright contract law
14.01.2026
Collecting societies; Enforcement
21.01.2026
No lecture
28.01.2026
Final lecture: copyright case studies; preparing Abschlussklausur (final exam)
04.02.2026
No lecture
11.02.2026 (Dienstag)
Abschlussklausur (final exam – in-person)
Prof. Dr. Jan Bernd Nordemann (Status: 22.09.2025)