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20.04.2023 - Culture and education digital. The German Digital Library extends its offer
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30.11.2021 - “Collections from Colonial Contexts” online portal launched
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28.10.2021 - The German Digital Library starts the German Newspaper Portal with central access to historic newspapers from 1671 to 1950
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09.09.2021 - Update: Musterverfahren Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
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26.07.2021 - Update: Test Case German Digital Library vs. VG Bild-Kunst
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18.06.2021 - Test Case German Digital Library vs. VG Bild-Kunst
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12.03.2021 - Test Case German Digital Library vs. VG Bild-Kunst
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14.09.2020 - Diversity of collections, participatory cultural education, promotion of digitisation: The German Digital Library will receive funds from "Neustart Kultur"
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03.02.2020 - Joint management of the German Digital Library is complete
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17.12.2019 - Change at the top of the German Digital Library
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08.10.2019 - DDBstudio: Mit virtuellen Ausstellungen Geschichten erzählen - neuer Service der Deutschen Digitalen Bibliothek
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13.09.2019 - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB): 30 Millionen Objekte aus Kultur- und Wissenseinrichtungen jetzt online. Neue Systemarchitektur besteht Stresstest erfolgreich.
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26.04.2019 - Bundesgerichtshof setzt "Framing Rechtsstreit" bis zu einer Entscheidung des Gerichtshofs der Europäischen Union aus
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18.02.2019 - BGH hears "legal dispute concerning framing" between Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst and Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek"
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17.07.2018 - Performance, Speed, New Usage Scenarios – Modernisation of Total Architecture Secures Sustainability of the DDB
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10.07.2018 - Kammergericht Berlin (Court of Appeal) Decides Copyright Dispute in Favour of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
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