Just FYI :-)

The German Verein has just received a legal opinion they ordered some time ago, concerning various legal issues for wikipedia and German law.

It turns out that, according to the legal opinion, German law prohibits the collection of quotes, or quotes as such, if they are not used in a context.

That would mean the German wikiquote project's legal status is shaky at best. (IANAL)

The German PDF with the legal opinion is at [1], and as wiki code at [2].

Magnus

[1] http://www.wikimedia.de/files/Rechtsfragen_Maerz_2005.pdf [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rechtsfragen_M%C3%A4rz_2005