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Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing, Vienna (1785)

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Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing, Vienna (1785), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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            In order to preclude the grave consequences which often arise from
songs that are intended to be sung openly on the streets of Vienna, these
are to be sent by the Book Censorship Commission, before it has granted its
imprimatur, to the Lower Austrian Government which is to add an
annotation indicating whether such songs can be sung out in public or not.

            Imperial resolution of 3 February 1783.


            Henceforth, all public reading-rooms are to send in advance their
catalogues, listing all books which are available in these as well as any whose
acquisition is being considered, to the local book revision board which will
then forward these to the Censorship Commission for further scrutiny and
rectification.

            Imperial resolution of 29 March 1783.



Protestant books. N. III.


            The territorial authority is to be entrusted with determining which
books are not to be allowed to come into the hands of common people because
they might lead such readers astray. Consequently, their titles need not be
sent any longer to the Imperial and Royal Censorship Commission. Moreover,
since all book inspections are herewith to be stopped, it will henceforth
be the duty of the clergy to seek, by means of gentle persuasion and without
any semblance of compulsion, to obtain the surrender of any such misleading
books discovered amongst the population,


    

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