Thread: Protection for critical editions in German copyright law
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Old 03-31-2014, 01:56 AM   #1
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Protection for critical editions in German copyright law
I would like to confirm whether the text itself is also protected under the German law in a critical edition of an already published work whose standard copyright term has expired.

With an example, if I critically edited the poems of Homer in ancient Greek, would I be granted a new copyright protection under the German law for the text itself (not the different apparatus) with only a shorter 25 year term?

Many thanks for your help.
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