 Copyright law of Germany



German authors' right or Deutsches Urheberrecht is codified in the "Gesetz über Urheberrecht und verwandte Schutzrechte" (also referred to as "Urhebergesetz" or "Urheberrechtsgesetz" and abbreviated "UrhG").It should not be confused with copyright (exclusive rights to copy granted to "distributors"), and is more akin to authors' rights (exclusive rights to profit from one's work granted to "authors").