I am very pleased that the texts on music, culture and religion that I have published on this website meet with great and lasting interest. This interest has led the operators of various other websites to ask whether they may reproduce parts of them. In some cases a text has even been quoted in a diploma thesis.
However, I have also come across versions of my texts on the internet that were changed without my knowledge or permission. I must therefore point out that all the texts were written by me and that I hold the copyright in them. I do not want to earn money with the texts. But to make sure they are treated appropriately, I expect the following rules to be observed:
- If you would like to present a text or part of a text of mine on your website, please ask my permission first – most easily through the contact form.
- The text may not be changed or shortened and must be marked with my name.
- A link is set to the original text on my website.
- If extracts or single sentences from the texts are used, they must be marked as quotations in the usual way. Here too, a link is set to the original on my website.
- Changes and rewordings within an article written by me are not permitted. If, on the other hand, you would like to write a text of your own based on an idea of mine, you are very welcome to do so. In that case a reference to the source is not legally necessary, but would be nice.
I wish all readers much enjoyment browsing through the articles, and I would be glad if they inspired a deeper understanding of music, culture and life itself.