I think that is how it is in Switzerland. The "Urheber" is the person with the original copyright, but can hand over the usage rights to someone else, in turn l

I think that is how it is in Switzerland. The "Urheber" is the person with the original copyright, but can hand over the usage rights to someone else, in turn losing them. [update: copyright in German might be like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_Germany]