Below is a list of legal texts concerning copyright law:

Please note that an English translation is provided where available. Where a translation is not available, only the German version is linked below. In this instance, you can also also access the French and Italian versions by clicking through to the German version.

• Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights (Copyright Act, CopA)
• Ordinance on Copyright and Related Rights (Copyright Ordinance, CopO) 

• Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products
• Council Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
• Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases
• Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
• Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art
• Corrigendum to Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (OJ L 157, 30.4.2004)
• Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property
• Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the legal protection of computer programs
• Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 amending Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights
• Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on certain permitted uses of orphan works Text with EEA relevance
• Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market Text with EEA relevance
• Directive (EU) 2019/789 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes, and amending Council Directive 93/83/EEC (Text with EEA relevance.)
• Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC (Text with EEA relevance.)

• Universal Copyright Convention revised in Paris on 24 July 1971
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works revised in Paris on 24 July 1971
• WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) of 20 December 1996
• International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations of 26 October 1961 
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms of 29 October 1971 
• Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite of 21 Mai 1974 
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) of 20 December 1996
• Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances of 24 June 2012
• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled of 27 June 2013