Re: FDL attribution by reference was Re: [Wikipedia-l] FDLused to stifle distribution of articles

From: "Andre Engels" <[email protected]>
To: "Alex R." <[email protected]>
Cc: <maveric149-/[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Wikilegal-l] FDL attribution by reference was Re:
[Wikipedia-l] FDLused to stifle distribution of articles


> > But since WP allows for the work to be distributed free does not article
24
> > apply?
> > http://www.iuscomp.org/gla/statutes/UrhG.htm#24
>
> I don't think so. They are talking about 'free use of material' here, not
> 'free material'. What I think this article says, is that copyright
protection
> does not hold in Germany if the supposedly infringing work is sufficiently
> different from the original work. I would think that this would for
example
> be applicable if one spoofed a work, copied its storyline but not its
contents,
> etcetera.

This sounds something like how fair use has been interpreted under US law.
One reason it is hard to analyze these statutes is that the terminology may
not
be translated into English in a manner consistent with English legal
terminology,
and thus it would be useful to have individuals with some knowledge of these
various foreign laws who could provide some context for them to the
international Wikipedia communities.

Alex756

Alex756