Maximalschutz im internationalen und europäischen Urheberrecht

The development of international and european copyright law is steadily transitioning to new minimum rights of the rightholders. On the other hand, mandatory exemptions are exceptional. Therefore the Marrakesh VIP Treaty of 2013 is a remarkable novelty. On behalf of blind and visually impaired persons, the author introduces a mandatory exception for the first time. Jan Hendrik Schmidt takes this as a reason to discuss how such exceptions can be implemented into the current system of international copyright law. Limitations can also arise from EU Directives. To determine them, it is necessary to use a precise methodology. This paper endeavors to present the required methodical cornerstones and applys them to key elements of the current european copyright system.