D logo copyright

[Alix Pexton via Digitalmars-d]

On 15/07/2014 9:05 PM, Chris wrote:
> On Tuesday, 15 July 2014 at 11:12:57 UTC, Alix Pexton wrote:
>> I've been researching what is necessary to transfer the copyright of
>> the D logo to Digital Mars, which is complicated by international issues.
>>
>> It seems that the term "copyright" is often aliased to the German
>> "Deutsches Urheberrecht" which is what we call the "moral rights of
>> the author" in the UK.
>>
>> This is something very different from copyright as it is inalienable
>> from the originating creator and not something that can be transferred
>> other that by inheritance.
>>
>> This makes me wonder if previous attempts to negotiate a new copyright
>> for the logo have gone unanswered because the terminology used has
>> lost something in translation.
>>
>> Do any of our native German D users know what the right terminology
>> for the international concept of "copyright" is?
>>
>> European copyright law is something that is currently being debated
>> for unification and there is no actual legislation in place so any
>> negotiations regarding the logo have to be conducted based on the
>> common ground between German and U.S. laws.
>>
>> A...
>
> Does it make a difference a. where the author lives and b. where the
> logo is hosted?

As far as I can work out, its a no for both questions.

My problem is that every time that I search for information on German 
copyright law I get information about Urheberrecht, often with a note 
saying that it should not be confused with copyright ><

This makes it hard to plan a polite approach.

A...