Presseverleger-Leistungsschutzrecht (Press Publisher Neighbouring Right)

A press publisher, meaning whoever produces a press publication (a collection consisting mainly of journalistic writings, published under a single title on a periodic or regularly updated basis, to inform the public about news or other topics, under the publisher's own editorial responsibility, excluding scientific or academic periodicals), holds the exclusive right to make its press publication, in whole or in part, available online and to reproduce it for that purpose.

The right does not reach the use of facts contained in a press publication, private or non-commercial use by individual users, hyperlinking to a press publication, or the use of single words or very short extracts from one.

The right may not be invoked to the detriment of an author or holder of a related right whose work is contained in the publication, nor to stop a third party's use of works validly licensed to the publication under a simple licence or of works that are already in the public domain. It lasts two years from a press publication's first appearance. The currently consolidated text does not apply to publications first published before 6 June 2019.

Authors and holders of related rights are entitled to an appropriate share, at least one third, of the publisher's revenue from exercising this right, an entitlement that can be reduced against their interest only by an agreement resting on a common remuneration rule or a collective bargaining agreement. That entitlement can be asserted only through a collecting society.

The general limitations of German copyright law, including the text-and-data-mining exception and the quotation right, apply correspondingly to the press-publisher right.