| Legal basis |
Copyright Act from 9/9/1965, amended on 24/06/1985; further amendments in 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998 and 2003. Latest revision 1/1/2008 with new Rgulations for Private copying remunerations. |
| Legal status |
No legal monopoly. Authorities (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt) control over organisations of rightowners. |
| Liable party |
Manufacturer or importer. Extended: reseller is also liable. Extended liability is repealed either when objects were bought from an importer or manufacturer with a ZPÜ-General-Agreement or when these purchases were reported properly to ZPÜ. |
| Body in charge of the collection |
ZPÜ |
| Collecting society in charge of the video producers share |
GWFF, VFF, GÜFA, VGF, VG BILD-KUNST |
| Data-cd r/rw |
€ 0,0288 per 80 minutes / 700 MB |
| DVD+ r/rw |
€ 0,174 per 240 minutes / 4,7 GB |
| DVD- r/rw |
€ 0,174 per 240 minutes / 4,7 GB |
| DVD ram |
€ 0,174 per 240 minutes / 4,7 GB |
| Blu-Ray writer (internal) |
Negotiations |
| Blu-Ray recorder (external) |
Negotiations |
| HD-DVD recorder (external) |
Negotiations |
