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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:  | | Pütter: The Reprinting of Books, Göttingen (1774) Source: Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt Dt 15 Li 1 Citation: Pütter: The Reprinting of Books (1774), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1774 Full title The Reprinting of Books Examined in the Light of True Principles of Law Full title original language Der Büchernachdruck nach ächten Grundsätzen des Rechts Abstract Johann Stephan Pütter's work is the most comprehensive and detailed of all German eighteenth-century treatises on the reprinting of books. In Pütter's view an intellectual property is originally vested in the author for "works which a scholar has newly written and which are now to appear in print for the first time". On the basis of this property the author can either himself publish his books or sell or give away his "property in the manuscript". The publisher "thus avails himself, if he should afterwards have the work printed, not just of a general, natural liberty, but, rather, of a duly acquired right which is proper to him." Copyright should be perpetual for as long as the original publishing house continues to exist. Pütter was a leading law scholar of his time, and thus his book was often cited even throughout the nineteenth century. Numerous references to earlier writers also mean that his book is an important secondary source on the history of copyright. The commentary provides an outline of Pütter's life. Bibliography Berg, Günter, "Die Selbstverlagsidee bei deutschen Autoren im 18. Jahrhundert", "Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens" 6 (1966): 1371-1396 Füssel Stephan, "Studien zur Verlagsgeschichte und zur Verlegertypologie der Goethezeit" (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1999) Neusüß, Wolfgang, "Gesunde Vernunft und Natur der Sache" (Berlin: Duncke & Humblot 1970) Schwab, Dieter, "Das Geistige Eigentum zwischen Naturrecht und Positivierung. Zugleich einige Amerkungen zu Pütters Schrift gegen den Büchernachdruck", in Louis Pahlow and Jens Eisfeld (eds), Grundlagen und Grundfragen des geistigen Eigentums (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008), 35-49 Related documents in this database Author Johann Stephan Pütter Publisher Widow of Vandenhoek Location Göttingen Year 1774 Language German Source Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt Dt 15 Li 1 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bohn, Johann Carl (1712-1773) Buchenröder, Johann Nicolaus Carl (fl.1769-1785) George III (1738-1820) Pütter, Johann Stephan (1725-1807) Trattner, Johann Thomas von (1717-1798) Vandenhoeck, Abraham (c.1700-1750) Vandenhoeck, Anna, née Parry (1709-1787) Persons referred to in commentary Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb (1714-1762) Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob (1706-1757) Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich (1781-1854) George II (1683-1760) Hardenberg, Karl August, Fürst von (1750-1822) Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb (1681-1741) Hugo, Gustav von (1764-1844) Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1767-1835) Kamptz, Karl Albert von (1769-1849) Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781) Metternich, Clemens Lothar Wenzel von (1773-1859) Pütter, Johann Stephan (1725-1807) Smith, Adam (1723-1790) Stein, Heinrich Friedrich Carl, Baron vom (1757-1831) Wieland, Christoph Martin (1733-1813) Wolff, Christian (1679-1754) Places referred to Göttingen Hamburg Nuremberg Places referred to in commentary Frankfurt Göttingen Halle Iserlohn (North Rhine-Westphalia) Jena Marburg Legislation referred to Constitution of the Holy Roman Empire Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance 1673 Saxonian Statute (1773), on regulation of the book trade Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Parliament Estates of the Holy Roman Empire Royal Ministry of Hanover University of Göttingen Institutions referred to in commentary Berlin University Buchhandlung der Gelehrten (Publishing House for Scholars, est. 1781 in Dessau) Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Wetzlar) University of Göttingen Key words authors, self-publishing book trade Enlightenment, the free trade learning, the advancement of piracy reprints reputation scholarly writing subscription Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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