On Sunday, 20 July 2014 at 09:21:13 UTC, Alix Pexton wrote:
others. I have not been able to discover if Germany is one of those countries or not.
It doesn't matter. The Bern convention requires that you give foreign works the same protection as local works. So if you publish globally you have to follow ALL copyright legislation in all countries you are addressing. The origin does not matter, it is where you publish that matters.
