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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:  | | Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books, Basel (1738) Source: Universitätsbibliothek Freie Universität Berlin 04.06.03.05 Citation: Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (1738), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1738 Full title Johann Thurneysen's dissertation "On the Illicit Reprinting of Books", submitted to the Basel Law Faculty in 1738 Full title original language Dissertatio juridica inauguralis de recusione librorum furtiva. Zu Teutsch Dem unerlaubten Bücher-Nachdruck [...] publice defendet Joh. Rudolfus Thurnisius Abstract The imprint of this dissertation by Johann Rudolf Thurneysen (1716-1774) refers to his uncles Emanuel (1687-1739) and Johann Rudolf (1688-1755) Thurneysen as the publishers. (They were in fact half-brothers of the author's father, the Basel councillor and master of the mercantile community Hans Jakob Thurneysen (1682-1765)). Showing considerable familiarity with the intricacies of the European book trade, Thurneysen points to a "tacit agreement" whereby no reprinting normally takes place between members of the Holy Roman Empire and the Swiss, whereas the Dutch and the French do not have to abide by any such agreement. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholars like Kohler, Thieme, and Gieseke have regarded the book as foreshadowing ideas of intellectual property: "what scholars have attained - is their property, to which they are entitled by right." (3rd section, p.10), as well as the international copyright conventions of the nineteenth century (2nd section, pp.8-9). The related document d_1739 illustrates the contemporary Swiss privilege practise. Bibliography Gieseke, Ludwig, "Vom Privileg zum Urheberrecht" (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 1995) Kohler, Josef, "Urheberrecht an Schriftwerken und Verlagsrecht" (Stuttgart: Enke, 1907) Thieme, Hans, "Zur Entstehungsgeschichte des internationalen Urheberrechts aus dem Kampf gegen den unlauteren Büchernachdruck", in M. Rehbinder and W. Larese (eds), "Die Berner Übereinkunft und die Schweiz" (Berne: Stämpfli, 1986) 1-12 Related documents in this database Author Thurneysen, Johann R. (Thurneisen) Publisher E. and J.R. Thurneisen Location Basel Year 1738 Language Latin Source Universitätsbibliothek Freie Universität Berlin 04.06.03.05 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bartholin, Thomas, the Elder (1616-80) Besold, Christoph (1577-1638) Carpzov, Benedict Jr (1595-1666) Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.) Coster, Laurens Janszoon (c.1370-c.1440) Erasmus (1466/69-1536) Fritsch, Ahasver (1629-1701) Froben, Johann (c.1460-1527) Fust, Johannes (c.1400-1466) Gundling, Nikolaus Hieronymus (1671-1729) Gutenberg, Johannes (c.1400-1468) Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.) Justinian I (c.482-565) Lipsius, Justus (1547-1606) Ludewig, Johann Peter von (1668-1743) Luther, Martin (1483-1546) Maittaire, Michael (1668-1747) Mallinckrodt, Bernhard (1591-1664) Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis (c.40-c.104) Mencke, Lüder (1658-1726) Mengering, Arnold (1596-1647) Mentel, Johannes (c.1410-1478) Paulus, Julius (c.190-c.225) Pliny, 'the Younger' (62-113) Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von (1632-94) Quintilian (c.35-c.100) Schöffer, Peter (c.1425-1502) Stryk, Samuel (1640-1710) Theodosius I, the Great (c.346-395) Thurneysen, Johann Rudolf, II (1716-1774) Trajan (c.53-117) Valens (328-378) Vinnius, Arnoldus (1588-1657) Winckler, Johann Heinrich (1703-70) Zeno (c.440-491) Persons referred to in commentary Kohler, Josef (1849-1919) Thurneysen, Emanuel (1687-1739) Thurneysen, Hans Jakob (1682-1765) Thurneysen, Johann Rudolf, I (1688-1755) Thurneysen, Johann Rudolf, II (1716-1774) Places referred to Basel England France Germany Haarlem Mainz Netherlands Rome Russia Saxony Spain Strasbourg Sweden Switzerland Places referred to in commentary Basel Legislation referred to Basel Printers' Statute (1531) Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Basel University Institutions referred to in commentary Basel Law Faculty Key words author/publisher relations authors, self-publishing authors' remuneration authorship, legal concept of authorship, theory of Bible, the book market book trade books, protected subject matter censorship classics, Greek and Latin contract copying, concept of divine law duration duration, prolongation of privileges foreign reprints formalities fraud free trade importation incentives international agreements, bilateral learning, the advancement of manuscript monopoly natural rights penalties price regulation printing, history of privileges privileges, fictitious privileges, German Imperial privileges, printing property analogies property theory property theory, authors' property property theory, publishers' property public domain public good reciprocity registration remedies reprints reputation royalty/royalties scholarly writing scribal publication subscription transferability typography utility transferability 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. 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