Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:30:37 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>, mail25@bzerk.org Subject: Re: our little daemon abused as symbol of the evil Message-ID: <866366jxbm.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20100209135713.GI81255@cicely7.cicely.de> (Bernd Walter's message of "Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:57:13 %2B0100") References: <201002082216.o18MFtQN009973@fire.js.berklix.net> <86eikuk317.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100209135713.GI81255@cicely7.cicely.de>
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Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> writes: > There is no copyright in Germany. Yes, there is. Germany is signatory to the Berne convention. > I'm not a lawyer, but there are many differences to copyright and I > think the main one is that the German system automatically protects > without the need to explicitly declare copyright. So does copyright. > E.g. there is not need to add copyright lines in sourcecode to prohibit > others to republish your code in Germany. It is not necessary anywhere in the world. It is still a good idea, just like it's a good idea to mark your laptop with indelible ink, even though stealing it is just as illegal if you don't. > Another difference (to my knowledge) is that the author never looses his > right (though there are a few rules about age and inheritage) - no > matter how much it is spread. The same goes for copyright (author's lifetime + 70 years) > The author can't even sell it, all he can do is sell the right to use it. I'm pretty sure there are provisions for "work for hire". > You can easily loose copyright and trademarks if you don't care about > it, but you don't loose your author rights. You can *not* lose copyright through dilution, only trademarks. At worst, you might lose an infringement suit if the defendant can show that you knew about *that particular case* long before you filed suit, but it would not invalidate your copyright, nor would it diminish your standing in other suits against other infringers. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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