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Supplement to the Regulations of the Association for the Book trade on the right of preference on translations, Amsterdam (1845)

Source: Bijzondere Collecties, Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, Bibliotheek van het Boekenvak, archief KVB, inv. nr. KVB A 374

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Supplement to the Regulations of the Association for the Book trade on the right of preference on translations, Amsterdam (1845), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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By resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of the 17th of November 1845, is provided:

1. to abolish and suspend ART. 3. of the Regulations to our Association.

2. to establish instead the following:

ART. 3.

Members undertake reciprocally, with the utmost conscientiousness, to respect the ownership, the printing and publishing right of Literary Works and Art Works, and enforce them reciprocally in case of infringement, as any other lawfully obtained property. They shall in particular, undertake to:
1) Of the so-called Church and School books published for the first time after 25 January 1817, only those copies intended for church use and Primary Education are considered public property for which no particular owner can be identified, or can exist by its nature.
2) The exclusive right to translate any foreign work, be it from the original, be it from a translation in another foreign language, will be recognized and respected by the Members as lawfully obtained by he, who will have presented such work first to the municipality of his residence. He


    


Bij besluit der Buitengewone Algemeene Vergadering van den 17 November 1845 is bepaald:

1. ART. 3. van het Reglement onzer Vereeniging af te schaffen en buiten effect te stellen.

2. In plaats daarvan te stellen het navolgende:

ART. 3.

De Leden verbinden zich onderling, met de meeste naauwgezetheid, den eigendom, het regt van drukken en uitgeven van Letter- en Kunst-Werken te eerbiedigen, en dezelve bij inbreuk wederkeerig te handhaven, even als elken anderen wettig verkregen eigendom. Zij verbinden zich in het bijzonder:
1) Onder de zoogenaamde Kerk- en Schoolboeken, na 25 Januarij 1817 voor het eerst uitgegeven, alleen zoodanige tot kerkelijk gebruik en voor het Lager Onderwijs bestemde kopijen, als gemeen eigendom te beschouwen, waarvan geen bepaald eigenaar kan aangewezen worden, of uit den aard der zaak bestaan kan.
2) Het uitsluitend regt ter vertaling van eenig buitenlandsch Werk, hetzij uit het oorspronkelijk, hetzij uit eene buitenlandsche vertaling van hetzelve, zal door de Leden erkend en ge-eerbiedigd worden als de wettig verkregen eigendom van dengenen, die het eerst zoodanig Werk aan het Gemeentebestuur zijner woonplaats zal hebben aangeboden. Deze

    

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