The great majority of newspaper articles is protected under the Copyright Act (§§ 1, 2) as "original intellectual creation in the area of literature" (works). The exclusive rights for the duplication or dissemination of newspaper articles usually rests with the publisher, either originally or because the copyright holder (author) transferred those rights to the publisher.
The law only admits a very limited free use of works. Individual paper copies of press articles may be produced for an individual's personal use, for instance. The amendment to the Copyright Act which entered into force on 1 July 2003 restricted the free use of digital press clippings exclusively to the private context. A professional use of digitally stored press clippings is not permissible under the title of "free use of works".
The Presse Dokumentations Nutzungs (PDN)-System was established in 2002 upon an initiative of VÖZ in collaboration with institutions, entrepreneurs and PR advisors in order to ensure a practical and contemporary solution for the drafting and use of press reviews in conformity with the law.
Companies and institutions that require rights of use for their media reviews can conclude a PDN license agreement providing them one-stop access to more than 115 newspapers and magazines.
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