Am 16.09.2011 12:57, schrieb emijrp:
> 2011/9/16 Tobias Oelgarte<tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com>
>
>> That is an legal issue. We do that to comply with the law, since that
>> image isn't in public domain under German jurisdiction.
>>
> Who is "we"? And, why does German jurisdiction matter here?
It's called "Schutzlandprinzip" [1]. Sorry that there is no English 
article about this topic as a whole. But you might read

* 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Literary_and_Artistic_Works
 

* 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agreement_on_Trade-Related_Aspects_of_Intellectual_Property_Rights
 

* 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_Copyright_Treaty
 

* 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Convention_for_the_Protection_of_Industrial_Property
 


[1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzlandprinzip

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