Copyright (Luxembourg)

The copyright of Luxembourg grants the originator of a spiritual work , a subjective right about this that the ownership is near. In abstract terms, the work can be seen as detached from its material basis or embodiment. That is, being the owner of a painting or a floppy disk does not of itself confer ownership of the intellectual content embodied in it.

The copyright in the literary and artistic field ( propriété littéraire et artistique ) are a sub-category in the area of " intellectual property " ( Intellectual Property is), to which both the industrial rights ( propriété industrielle ) include the trademark ( of the brands ), the design ( dessins ), the models ( modèles ) and the patents ( brevets ).

Broadly speaking, industrial rights protect financial investments in particular, while copyrights, as such, protect the portion of the personality that the author has invested in his work. In contrast to industrial rights, copyright law does not require any special form. The author justifies his right simply by the fact that he created his work.

The core of Luxembourg copyright law is defined by the law of April 18, 2001 on copyright, related rights and databases, which was amended by the law of April 18, 2004.

Luxorr asbl is a non- profit association authorized by the Minister for Economic Affairs to act as a body for the collective administration of copyright.

literature

droits d'auteurs au Luxembourg. Recueil de textes. Luxorr.
Jean-Luc Putz: Le droit d'auteur au Luxembourg. Ed. Saint Paul information on the book . ISBN 978-2-87963-738-9 .
Jean-Luc Putz: Luxembourg copyright law. an introduction . Digitized on the website of the Luxembourg Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade. PDF file, 166 kB, accessed on May 27, 2012.
The digital world and copyright digitized on the website of the Luxembourg portal on the security of information technologies of the Luxembourg Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade. PDF file, 135 kB, accessed on May 27, 2012.

Web links

Luxorr asbl
Luxembourg: Amendment of the law on copyright, related rights and databases in the IRIS MERLIN database of the European Audiovisual Observatory

Individual evidence

^ Loi du 18 avril 2001 on the droits d'auteur, the droits voisins and the bases de données. (PDF; 172 kB) Mémorial A, No. 50, April 30, 2001, p. 1042.
↑ Loi du 18 avril 2004 modifiant 1. la loi du 18 avril 2001 on les droits d'auteur, les droits voisins et les bases de données, et 2. la loi modifiée du 20 juillet 1992 portant modification du régime des brevets d'invention . (PDF; 75 kB) Mémorial A, No. 61, April 29, 2004, p. 942.

[1] Loi du 18 avril 2001 on the droits d'auteur, the droits voisins and the bases de données. (PDF; 172 kB) Mémorial A, No. 50, April 30, 2001, p. 1042.

[2] Loi du 18 avril 2004 modifiant 1. la loi du 18 avril 2001 on les droits d'auteur, les droits voisins et les bases de données, et 2. la loi modifiée du 20 juillet 1992 portant modification du régime des brevets d'invention . (PDF; 75 kB) Mémorial A, No. 61, April 29, 2004, p. 942.