[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Copyright notice

[Jules Bean <jules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 05:25:12PM +0200, Gerhard Killesreiter wrote:
> Translation (very rough): 
> 
> §29 Transfer of the copyright
> 
> The copyright can be transferred if you die. Not under other
> circumstances.
> 
> 
> Here you can find the law and a French translation:
> http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/BIJUS/urheberrecht/urhg/index.html

And an English version at

http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/statutes/UrhG.htm

Things are more complex than you make out: other things can be
transferred: for example, a concept translated there as an
'exploitation right'.

Also it is *not* always the case that national law takes priority:
under some circumstances, international law take priority.  As a
concrete example, the European Human Rights Bill/Act/Convention.
Anyhow, I'm no lawyer, I don't know what the situation is with Germany 
and international copyright treaties.

Jules