Re: how much is too much?

[Alexander Terekhov]

Isaac wrote:
[...]
> > But not here. AFAIK, except bug fixing, the German law doesn't have
> > 17 USC 117 like exception for (private) software "Bearbeitungen"
> > (copyrightable derivative works) and "Umgestaltungen" (uncopyrightable
> 
> Are you sure?  I thought the EU copyright directive required states
> to provide some 17 USC 117 protections.  

Well, I think it boils down to interpretation of "intended purpose."

http://www.wipo.int/clea/docs_new/en/eu/eu020en.html
http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht/urhg/__69c.html
http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht/urhg/__69d.html
http://groups.google.de/group/misc.legal.computing/msg/7ae912d5c7261755
(contu6)

regards,
alexander.