Urheberrechtsgesetz Arts. 27 and 31, Quotation and Reporting on Current Events
URG, LGBl. 1999 Nr. 160, Arts. 27 and 31
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Article 27 permits quoting a published work where the quotation serves explanation, reference, or illustration and its length is justified by that purpose, with the quotation and its source named. Article 31(2) separately permits reproducing, distributing, broadcasting, or retransmitting a short excerpt from a press article or a radio or television report for the purpose of informing about current issues, with the excerpt and its source named.
Together these are the exceptions an aggregator's reproduction of a headline or short excerpt of third-party journalism would rely on; both are scoped to a defined purpose (illustration or explanation; informing about current issues) and a source-attribution duty, not a general license to republish.
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