Dear English speaking list members,
I was asked for a translation of my mail on German copyright by a member from Australia, so I am mailing it to all of you just in case, you were guessing what I meant, too.
What I wrote about copyright in the context of genealogical data is that copyright does only apply to intellectual property, so it does not apply for genealogical data since they are found, not created (in the sense of creating a text or a peace of art). The use of other people�s genealogical data without quoting, giving credit to them is rather a question of fairness. I do not know whether there is a website on German copyright in English, I can only recommend to check a search engine.
I also wrote that I prefer the German word "Urheberrecht" which means something like "author�s right" because "copyright" sounds like the right to copy which is the contrary of what it really means, isn�t it?
Kind regards
Renate