On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:20:35PM +0100, Andreas Kostyrka wrote:
> Am Montag, 27. Januar 2003 18:46 schrieb Colin Marquardt:
> > David GLAUDE Mailing <dglaudemailing-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > > I am sure you are confusing TM and (C) and in a world where IP are
> > > so important, this is a big mistake. Maybe you should ask a patent
> > > for that kind of mistake so that you get a 20 years monopoly on
> > > it. ;-)
> >
> > What is copyright anyway... German law for instance doesn't even
> Well it's called "Urheberrecht" :)
True. German law distinguishes between "Urheberrecht" (the "right of
authorship", which cannot be given away or transferred. The Author
of a piece of work must always be stated, no matter what), and
"Verwertungsrecht" (the "right of exploitation", to decide what to do
with a piece of work). You can sell or transfer the latter, meaning,
you can make a contract with someone who will sell and distribute your
work, with or without sharing the profits with the of the original
author(s).
The english term "Copyright", as far as I know, means both together,
the rights of authorship and the exploitation rights.
At least in Germany, the right of authorship cannot be taken away from
you. If you write a piece of software, you have the right of authorhip
and must be mentioned as the author somewhere, no matter if you distribute
or sell the software by yourself or a different person or company does
this for you (an employer, for example).
Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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