(1) Adaptations or other transformations of a work, including, in particular, of a melody, may be published or exploited only with the author’s consent. If the newly created work maintains sufficient distance to the work used, this does not constitute adaptation or transformation within the meaning of sentence 1.
(2) In the case of
1. the film version of a work,
2. the execution of plans and drafts of an artistic work,
3. the reproduction of an architectural work or
4. the adaptation or transformation of a database work,
the production of the adaptation or transformation already requires the author’s consent.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to alterations of a work for exclusively technical reasons in the case of uses in accordance with section 44b (2), 60d (1), section 60e (1) and section 60f (2).