Imprint according to Section 5 Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz (Digital Services Act) and Section 18 Medienstaatsvertrag (German State Media Treaty)

Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Linder Höhe
51147 Köln (Cologne)
Germany
 
Tel: +49 2203 601-0
Fax: +49 2203 67310
email: contact-dlr [at] dlr.de
https://www.dlr.de/en
 
DLR's Executive Board is empowered to act as DLR's representative. It consists of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla (Chair of the DLR Executive Board), Klaus Hamacher (Vice Chairman of the Executive Board), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karsten Lemmer and Dr.-Ing. Walther Pelzer.

Seat of the Executive Board

The Executive Board's seat is located at DLR, Executive Board, Linder Hoehe, D-51147 Cologne.
 
The Executive Board can also authorise DLR employees to act on behalf of DLR. The head of DLR's legal department, Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, can provide information about the extent of this authorisation.
 

Court of registration/registration number

District court of Bonn, VR 2780.
 

Value added tax identification number

DE 121965658

Responsible in the sense of Section 18 2nd paragraph of Medienstaatsvertrag (German State Media Treaty)

Dr. Olaf Heilmayer
Heinrich-Konen-Str. 1, 53227 Bonn

Editorial concept development and execution

  • DLR Project Management Agency, Germany
  • Kiel Science Factory, Germany
  • Ecologic Institute, Germany
  • Flanders Marine Institute, Belgien
  • Burgas Free University, Bulgarien
  • Institute of Oceanology “Fridtjof Nansen” at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarien
  • Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italien
  • Universität für Bodenkultur, Österreich
  • National Institute of Biology, Slowenien
  • Express Innovation Agency, Ungarn

Technical Maintenance

DLR Projektträger (DLR Project Management Agency)
IKT-Service
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 2
10178 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 67055-767
Fax: +49 30 67055-712
Email: pt-webservice@dlr.de
DLR-PT.de/en

Idea, editorial and design

Office of Scientific Communication – DLR Projektträger (DLR Project Management Agency)
Ecologic Institute, Germany
familie redlich AG – Agentur für Marken und Kommunikation, Germany
KOMPAKTMEDIEN – Agentur für Kommunikation GmbH, Germany

Graphics/collages are from

familie redlich AG – Agentur für Marken und Kommunikation KOMPAKTMEDIEN – Agentur für Kommunikation GmbH

Here you will find further credits for photos and video materials:

Wolfgang Kruck/adobestock.com
parsadanov/adobestock.com
Wirestock/adobestock.com
Wirestock/adobestock.com
Florian/adobestock.com
Vitaly_melnik/adobestock.com
dave-MN4zxUEhyBA/unsplash.com
SeDemi/shutterstock.com
MNI/shutterstock.com
Sascha Corti/shutterstock.com
Wayne Tuckwell/shutterstock.com

Liability

According to section 7 first paragraph of the German Telemedia Act, DLR as the content provider is responsible for its own content which it provides for use on this website https://www.plastic-pirates.eu, in accordance with the general laws. Cross-references ("links") to content provided by other content providers must be distinguished from DLR´s own content. By means of the cross-reference DLR provides third-party content for use which is marked accordingly by the indication "[external]" or by a link. Before setting the link DLR checks this third-party content if it causes possible civil or criminal liability. However, it cannot be excluded that the third-party content providers change their content afterwards. DLR does not constantly check the third-party content it refers to for changes made by the third-party content providers which could engender DLR´s civil or criminal liability. If you believe that the linked external sites violate applicable laws or otherwise have inappropriate content, please let us know.

DLR images and video – terms and conditions of use

1. Copyright and Terms of Use

The copyrights to all copyrighted content contained in this public online presence (i.e. in this website, internet application, app or this social media channel) such as – but not restricted to -, photographs, videos, images and texts are held by the Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), the German Aerospace Center, unless another copyright owner is indicated. Thus, "source: DLR" means that the copyrights belong to the Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR). In each individual case and before using the material, the indicated copyright holders must be asked for permission (for a license) to use the material.

1.a. Asking for a permission to use if the copyrights are vested in DLR

If you would like to ask for an individual permission (license) to use a copyrighted content contained in this public Internet presence and if DLR is indicated as the respective copyright holder, please contact:

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.  (DLR)
Public Affairs and Communications Department, Communications section
Linder Hoehe
51147 Cologne (Koeln)
Germany
Phone: +49 2203 601-2116
Fax: +49 2203 601-3249
E-Mail: bildredaktion [at] dlr.de

1.b. Rights of use for copyrighted content if DLR is not the copyright holder

Certain photographs, videos, images or texts on the DLR Internet presence stem from other sources than DLR. Please contact the indicated copyright holders for information on their terms of use and for obtaining a license for use of their copyrighted content.

Certain photographs, videos, images or texts have multiple copyright owners. These are indicated accordingly as originating from several rights holders. In this case, usually the terms of use of all copyright holders indicated in the source information apply. In case of doubt, please contact all indicated copyright holders.

2. As the case may be: Creative Commons license (CC license)

Where expressly stated (in the 'information' section of the respective work, for example), DLR images and videos are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) licence. This licence grants permission to reproduce or distribute the work and to make the work and/or its contents publicly available, provided that you explicitly mention DLR as its source in a clearly legible format. Examples: 'Photo: DLR, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0', 'Images: DLR, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0', 'Video: DLR, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0'. However, you may not alter or edit the work and/or its contents or make commercial use of the work.

Photographs, videos, images and texts that contain no reference to a CC license and for which only the respective copyright holders are indicated as the source (e.g: "Source: DLR") are not licensed under a CC license.

3. Use of DLR content by the press, radio and television stations

Contents published in the DLR Internet presence for which no application of certain terms of use is prescribed, - i.e. in cases in which no terms of use are indicated to be applicable at all or in cases in which DLR is indicated as the copyright holder without any reference to specifically applicable terms of use (examples: "Image: DLR", "Video: DLR") - may be used by the press, radio stations and television stations, also in their internet presences if DLR is indicated as the copyright holder. This permission does not include usage of personal data such as photos or videos in which people can be identified or other personal information such as names, e-mail addresses, etc.

4. No restriction of the rights of others

These DLR terms of use have no influence whatsoever on the following rights:

  • The rights that everyone has due to the limitations of copyright law (such as the right to quote) or legal permits (established in some countries as the doctrine of fair use)
  • The originator´s moral rights
  • Rights of other people, either to the licensed object itself or with regard to its use, for example the personal rights of persons depicted, trademark rights to protected trademarks, etc.

5. No usage rights for certain content

Any license to use copyrighted material, including the Creative Commons license, extends only to the use of copyrighted material and does not include the permission to use protected trademarks - such as - the DLR logo and its components as well as other elements of the DLR corporate identity such as the "Blue Earth". The DLR logo and its components may not be used by persons who are not DLR employees or who have not obtained permission from DLR to use it beforehand. If you are interested in using a trademark you have to ask the owner of the trademark rights separately for permission of use.