Let's Plays are one of the most widespread forms of user-generated content on the internet and raise a wide variety of copyright issues. This paper focuses in particular on whether Let's Plays infringe the copyright in the original work, the copyright protection of Let's Plays, and the conditions under which platforms are liable for the content posted on their sites. The provisions of the UrhDaG and the DSM-Directive, as well as their implications for user-generated content, are also a key focus of this work.
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Edition
1/2026
Copyright Year
2026
ISBN-Print
978-3-7560-2122-2
ISBN-Online
978-3-7489-5668-6
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Schriftenreihe des Archivs für Urheber- und Medienrecht
