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Is it legal to rip ISOs/ROMs from physical game discs for use in a PC emulator?

In general, you can make private copies of works you legitimately own for non-commercial purposes, see limitation provision § 53 Ⅰ UrhG. A plain dd(1) is unobjectionable. As soon as you need to circu …
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Do you need to give the source when making a "Privatkopie" (Germany)?

No, § 63 (1) 1 UrhG, the obligation to attribute the source, concerns only exceptions listed there. The applicable exception of § 53 UrhG, copies for private use, is not listed in § 63.
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10 votes

Burden of Proof for Reprinting a Book

to contest any claim copyright did not expire (subjektive Behauptungslast). … No copyright protection → no damages. Otherwise it is believed there was no issue about this. The plaintiff will then again need to produce evidence that copyright has not expired. …
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