[Foundation-l] German law and wikiquote

[Delirium]

Magnus Manske wrote:

>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)
>  
>
Does this mean that printed collections of quotes, like the equivalent 
of the English world's ubiquitous _Bartlett's Book of Quotations_, are 
not commonly available in German bookstores?

-Mark