Steve Langasek wrote: > Hrm, this doesn't follow automatically. I'm aware of international treaties > covering reciprocation of *copyrights*, but none that would mean > Urheberrecht has force outside of Germany regardless of where the work was > written. Do you have a reference for this?
Urheberrecht is basically a strict implementation of Berne. The term means "author's right" in English, which is the phrase that most of the world uses to denote this type of legal protection. For historical reasons English uses "copyright" instead. It's actually US copyright law that's deviating from the norms of international copyright treaties. Berne provides for moral rights for almost all categories of works (art. 6bis), but 17 USC 106A only provides this right for a "work of visual art". Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch & European patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/ Arnoud blogt nu ook: http://blog.iusmentis.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]