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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | A publisher's "Friendly Reminder" about reprints, Schmalkalden (1591) Source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, online edition "Rechtsquellen der frühen Neuzeit" http://rechtsquellen-digital.uni-hd.de Citation: A publisher's "Friendly Reminder" about reprints (1591), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: d_1591 Full title "Friendly Reminder to all God-loving Book printers, Booksellers, and publishers" included by the publisher Michel Schmück as the foreword to Part I of Cyriacus Spangenberg's "Mirror for the Nobility", a treatise on the aristocracy Full title original language Adels Spiegel.|| Historischer || Ausf[ue]rlicher Bericht: Was Adel || sey vnd heisse/ Woher er kome/ Wie mancherley er sey/ Vnd || Was denselben ziere vnd erhalte ... || auffs fleissigste beschrieben/ Durch || M.Cyriacum Spangenberg.|| Abstract This document is associated with the core document: d_1531. This printer's preface was cited in a dispute among German scholars on what was called a "publisher's property" as a precursor of the later concept of "author's property". The publisher refers to Christ's Seventh Commandment and brands reprinting as theft. Schmück's request that no one reprint his book is based on the claim that he had produced the book at "quite significant expense". Gieseke comments on this: "It would have seemed obvious if publishers had regarded the expenses incurred in acquiring a new work (i.e. the author's fee, in particular), not merely as a debit entry in the publishing account but, rather, as what they had to pay in return for obtaining a special exploitation right (in the modern sense) to the work embodied in the manuscript (that is, a right going beyond mere physical ownership of the manuscript)." From the observation that Schmück did not put forward such an argument, Gieseke concludes that "the notion of an exploitation right to the work acquired [by the publisher] from the author did not exist as yet". Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author Cyriacus Spangenberg/ Michel Schmück Publisher Michel Schmück Location Schmalkalden Year 1591 Language German Source Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, online edition "Rechtsquellen der frühen Neuzeit" http://rechtsquellen-digital.uni-hd.de Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Schmück, Michel (1535-1600) Spangenberg, Cyriacus (1528-1604) Persons referred to in commentary Schmück, Michel (1535-1600) Spangenberg, Cyriacus (1528-1604) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words Bible, the book trade divine law manuscript piracy property theory, publishers' property reprints royalty/royalties Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). | |||||
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