What does copyright law protect on the Internet? Whether online or offline, copyright protects the relationship between the author and their work, regardless of the medium. If you want to use your own or third-party content on the Internet, the guidelines and regulations of the Copyright Act (German-UrhG).
If a work of literature, science or art shows a special degree of individuality and creativity, it is considered worthy of protection according to the Copyright Act. The following types of work are of particular relevance for copyright on the Internet:
Language works (texts, speeches and software)
Musical works (melodies, lyrics and sheet music)
Photographic works (photographs)
Film works (videos)
Contrary to widespread opinion, works are also protected by copyright on the Internet without a copyright notice.
By authorship, the creator of a work is granted various rights. The aim of this is, on the one hand, to protect the work, on the other hand, the guarantee of a financial remuneration for the exploitation.
The moral rights of the author guarantee the author protection against distortion of his work. In addition, through the right to recognition of authorship, he can decide for himself whether and in what way he is associated with his creation.
The exploitation rights define how the work may be used. This decision is also the sole responsibility of the author. However, there is the possibility that third parties acquire the so-called rights of use and are therefore entitled to use them.
The right of reproduction and the right to make publicly available are particularly important for exploitation on the Internet.
The right of reproduction (German-UrhG § 16) gives the author the right to decide whether his work will be copied and who will do so. Reproduction can be a photocopy, a print, a sound recording or a download.
The distribution of a work via the Internet regulates the right to make it publicly available (German-UrhG § 19a). The paragraph includes both wired and wireless types of transmission, which is why all technical possibilities of distribution and transmission are included.
If these rights are violated by a third party, the author can take legal action against this violation of copyright on the Internet. A civil law option would be a warning.
When is copyright infringement on the Internet? In the case of a copyright infringement, it is irrelevant whether it takes place on TV, in a newspaper, at a performance or on the Internet. If the rights of the author are violated, he can take legal action.
One of the most common copyright infringements on the internet is unauthorized copying. This is the case, for example, with the so-called picture theft. This is the case when third-party photographs are used on your own website, in campaigns or in online shops.
In order to avoid legal consequences, which the copyright for images also provides for on the Internet in the event of legal infringements, it is important to ask the author for his permission. Especially with smaller websites or blogs, the declaration of consent is usually relatively easy to obtain, especially when there is a link to the author's website.
When it comes to copyright law - especially on the Internet - the following rule should always be observed: Everything that I have not created myself is the work of a third-party author. If I want to use his works, his consent is required.
Private or non-private copying of script files, images, audio files or similar without verifiable permission is strictly prohibited!
Usage and distribution rights
The license holder is entitled to a copy of the purchased software on an Internet server to install and use for the operation of a project for a domain. A license may not be shared or used on several Internet servers at the same time. The license holder is entitled to make backup copies of the purchased software,however, these may only be used on the same system.
The software can be expanded by the license holder at his own risk. The copyright of the specially developed code parts lies with the licensor unless otherwise stated and therefore may not be published and passed on at your own discretion. The licensee is not permitted to pass on parts of the original code to third parties.
No software components or parts of the software may be used to create your own scripts for distribution / sale.
The copyright notes in the script files may not be changed or removed.
Visible copyright notices may not be removed, redirected or otherwise made invalid or illegible.
Encrypted software may not be used unencrypted by the license holder.The decryption of software or pieces of script is not permitted here. Only the licensor is allowed to determine names or decipher pieces of script and software.
Restrictions on reverse engineering, encode. You are not authorized reverse engineer or encode the software.
For news, posts and various other text outputs which are publicly or not publicly accessible, only the license holder are to be held liable. The licensor is not liable here and can therefore not be prosecuted.
Only the licensor is authorized to publish projects or software under the Mazzimo24 software license .
The licensor has the right to delete, deactivate or adapt the projects under the Mazzimo24 software license published were reserved and may be executed without notice.
The licensor reserves the right to hand over screenshots, text passages and other evidence to the police in the event of a violationand to publish them in his forum or news area.
Users of the software and projects published under the Mazzimo24 software license holder automatically become license holder,Users or licensees are responsible for reading the license carefully and checking that it is up to date.
In the event of violations, legal action will be initiated without prior notification and a fine of 400 € (euros) will be set.
Javascript files or pieces of code under the Mazzimo24 software license
Javascript files or plugins such as code snippets clearly released under the Mazzimo Software License are only permitted for the respective projects in which they are marked as such.
Files, plugins or code snippets are therefore an integral part of the project in which they are located,
it may therefore be passed on with the entire project.
Copying the files or pieces of code is only permitted if they are backups,
using files or pieces of code for other purposes or projects unrelated to the origin
is strictly prohibited and violations can be reported to the police.
Other licenses do not overrule this license which, for example, are superordinate. Superordinate licenses do not apply here.
Publications under the Mazzimo24 software license
MaZzIMo24 Content Management System also called MZCMS as well as extensions, modifications and updates.
MaZzIMo24 Company Software also called MZCS as well as extensions, modifications and updates.
PHP Fusion extensions and modifications.
ET-Chat Extensions and modifications.
MZ / ET-Chat Extensions and modifications.
MZ-Chat Extensions and modifications.
HP-For-Fun, HP-4-Fun Extensions and modifications.
All projects or developments listed here are also without a visible license referencepublished under the Mazzimo24 software license .
Valid or official license abbreviation / license title
Most commonly used: Mazzimo24 software license and MZSL / MZ24SL .
All official license titles and license abbreviations refer to this license ( Mazzimo24 software license ).