* Florian Weimer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031004 09:40]: > In Germany, a copyright holder cannot grant rights for distribution over > yet unknown channels. Even if you allow all kinds of distribution, the > law essentially makes it "all currently known ways of distributing it". > > Online distribution of copyrighted works is known since 1995 (in the > legal sense, at least that's the year that is mentioned in all such > discussions).
Sorry, but that's not totally true. There was substantial distribution via modem networks before (e.g. Fido). IMHO this is equivalent to distribution over internet. > As a German citizen, you cannot release anything into the public domain > (short of being dead for 70 years). Some of your rights as an author 60 years for works being published during lifetime. > are inherently untransferable. except by Last Will. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
