Legal Guide for Web Shops

CK - Washington.   Michael Seidlitz refers in Twitter to a brief guide on legal aspects of web shop protection, infringement of copyrights and other rights in photos, text, video and lists. The guide by Sascha Faber provides a useful introduction, in German, to rights and obligations which differ from those in the United States in various respects. The most important aspect of German infringement law is that the infringed party can claim both correction and statutory legal fees from an infringer. But if the cease and desist demand, Abmahnung, misses mark, the infringer may countersue and collect from the creator of a work that may not meet the minimum requirements of the …