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Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting, Berlin (1793)

Source: Berlinische Monatschrift (1793), 443-482

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Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting, Berlin (1793), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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service of all. You do not yet know
your chemist. Envious of the profits
you make on his nostrum, he has long
been thinking of taking over the
merchandizing himself. True, he needs
his time much more for producing this
physic of his; he understands nothing
about selling medicine; the few forays
he made ended very badly. Yet - and you
can take my word for it - he would have
robbed you of your trade, if, clever as
he is, he had not noticed my plot against
your stores and preferred to see you
rather than himself get robbed. Thus, if
you still have any control of your trade
at all, it is me you have to thank for this.
      These, then, are the considerable services,
Most Glorious Successor of the Prophet, which I
render the pious people, the useful producer
of the extract, and even the plaintiff himself.
And what do I receive in return? If one compares
the low price I sell the nostrum for with
the expenses I incur conserving it and travelling
around to sell it, one will see that my
thieving earns me but a pittance,


    

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