No, it is the same in Germany and for a long time. Over here, you cannot transfer the copyright to your code/photos, but you can transfer usage rights. Of cours

No, it is the same in Germany and for a long time. Over here, you cannot transfer the copyright to your code/photos, but you can transfer usage rights. Of course, people still get commisioned to take photos or write code. It is not really a big deal, in practice things mostly work as in the US.