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I like our german version "Urheberrecht". It is different from copyright because it cannot be transfered. Some comic character cannot be owned by a corporation
by qznc 11y ago
I like our german version "Urheberrecht". It is different from copyright because it cannot be transfered. Some comic character cannot be owned by a corporation which milks it for decades and centennials. An author can only give a licence to a company.
I always wonder what really happens whenever I transfer copyright for my papers to some publisher. It probably has no effect here in Germany, but is it valid in the US? Then I also wonder if TTIP might change anything about this?
- fluidcruft 11y agoOh, please. That's a distinction without a difference unless you're saying that German authors can't hire legal representation or assistants and must actively negotiate and manage each license solo.
- mason55 11y agoThe distinction is that once the author dies the work falls into the public domain. For as long as they are alive they can license it to a company, and the company can defend it or do whatever, but when the owner dies the copyright dies with them.
- fluidcruft 11y agoI don't see how that can be possible. The Berne Convention established a minimum of 50 years after death and the EU harmonized to 70 years after death.
- hussong 11y agoSome parts can not be transferred, but others can, particularly usage rights (publishing etc.) and licensing happens all the time.