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Academic research (§ 60c UrhG)
Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Copyright Act) § 60c Academic Research
(1) For the purpose of non-commercial academic research, up to 15 percent of a work may be reproduced, distributed and made publicly available
1. for a defined group of persons for their own academic research, and
2. for individual third parties, insofar as this serves to verify the quality of academic research.
(2) Up to 75 percent of a work may be reproduced for the purpose of the author's own academic research.
(3) Illustrations, individual contributions from the same journal or scientific journal, other works of minor scope and out-of-print works may be used in their entirety in deviation from paragraphs 1 and 2.
(4) It is not permitted under paragraphs 1 to 3 to record a work on image or sound carriers during public lectures, performances or presentations of a work and to make it publicly accessible at a later date.
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Author
An author is any natural person who has created a work by personal intellectual achievement. If several persons create a work together, e.g. write a joint publication, they are so-called co-authors. (Linked page in German.)
Assistive technologies
The term assistive (or assisting) technologies is a collective term for technical aids that are intended to support people with disabilities in their daily lives. Especially when different software technologies are involved, complex requirements can often arise due to their diversity and the desire to integrate and interact with each other. (Linked page in German.)