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> Keep in mind that's only for regular employees. Freelancers are not considered employees so §69b doesn't apply (despite the part about "service relationships"
by germanier 9y ago
> Keep in mind that's only for regular employees. Freelancers are not considered employees so §69b doesn't apply (despite the part about "service relationships")
Yes, this is important to keep in mind. The "service relationships" part (Dienstverhältnisse) is referencing state employees.
- pluma 9y agoYeah, I'm just pointing that bit out because Dienstvertrag ("service contract", i.e. charging per hour) is a type of contract you might use to hire a freelancer (the other one is Werkvertrag, "work contract", i.e. charging for a specific work with predefined requirements). As a former freelancer my first read of that line would have been that it also includes (sub-)contractors, which it of course doesn't. I don't know whether most business people are aware of §69b at all but in my experience many people just hire freelancers without a specific copyright arrangement and are then deeply surprised when they find out they don't actually own the project they paid the freelancer to create for them.