2.2.8-2 May I embed a third-party YouTube video in my own website or in a social network so that a “framing” link is placed (i.e. which not only results in a reference to the YouTube page but also causes the video to appear as a whole)?

Whether you can use someone else’s YouTube video depends on the licensing terms set by the copyright holder, usually outlined in YouTube Terms of Service. In general, you can reproduce, distribute, modify, and display videos using the provided options. However,...

2.2.7-4 Are portrait photographs copyright protected?

If a portrait photograph is an intellectual creation i.e. was taken by a person (and not in an automatic photo booth) and has an individual character, i.e. the photographer has not simply snapped the person in the portrait in any particular way but rather with...