How Germany's new copyright law obstructs OA
Peter Suber · 2007
Antonia Loick, The New Copyright Act, Goethe-Institut , August 2007. Also available in German. Excerpt: Update . Germany's Bundesrat approved the bill on September 21, 2007, and the new rules take effect on January 1, 2008. For an English-language summary of the key provisions, see this document from STM (October 2007).