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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:  | | Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting, Berlin (1785) Source: Retrospektive Digitalisierung wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem deutschen Sprachraum, http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/diglib/aufklaerung/index.htm. Citation: Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (1785), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1785 Full title Immanuel Kant: "On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting", essay in Berlinische Monatsschrift 5 (1785) 403-417 Full title original language Von der Unrechtmäßigkeit des Büchernachdrucks Abstract In his article on the "Injustice of Reprinting Books" the famous philosopher adopted an unusual position. Like many other popular authors of his time Kant had to face unlicensed reprints of his works and was therefore personally interested in opposing this practice. However, unlike most of his contemporaries from the anti-reprinting faction, Kant denies the concept of 'intellectual property' and the idea that any intellectual content is materialised in the book as such. In Kant's view the book is a medium, a mere tool for conveying the author's thoughts, and thus an unlicensed reprint does not encroach on any property as such of the author or publisher. Rather, it is unlawful because it amounts to an "agency without authority". This commentary will focus on the late reception of Locke's property theory in Germany, on German Enlightenment notions of the book as a 'speech', on the negligible impact of Kant's essay on German copyright theory, and it will also suggest a possible new relevance of Kant's ideas in the context of modern internet communication. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author Immanuel Kant Publisher J. E. Biester, F. Gedike Location Berlin Year 1785 Language German Source Retrospektive Digitalisierung wissenschaftlicher Rezensionsorgane und Literaturzeitschriften des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem deutschen Sprachraum, http://www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/diglib/aufklaerung/index.htm. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Lippert, Philipp Daniel (1702-1785) Persons referred to in commentary Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814) Fleischhauer, Johann Georg (1737-1815) Grotius, Hugo (1583-1645) Hartknoch, Johann Friedrich Sr (1740-1789) Hartknoch, Johann Friedrich Jr (1769-1819) Hartung, Gottlieb Lebrecht (1747-1797) Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831) Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) Kehr, Ludwig Christian (1775-1848) Knigge, Adolph Baron von (1752-1796) Lagarde, François Theodore de (1756-c.1800) Locke, John (1632-1704) Neustetel, Leopold Josef (1798-1825) Nicolovius, Friedrich (1768-1836) Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von (1632-94) Pütter, Johann Stephan (1725-1807) Reimarus, Johann Albert Heinrich (1729-1814) Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805) Schmieder, Christian Gottlieb (1750-1827) Stahlbaum, Christian Friedrich (1752-1788) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary Berlin Frankfurt Karlsruhe Königsberg Kreuznach Leipzig Reutlingen Riga Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Prussian Statute Book 1794 (ALR) 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 author/publisher relations authors, self-publishing authorship, theory of contract copy Enlightenment, the idea/expression labour theory manuscript Napoleonic Wars natural rights property analogies reprints personality theory portrait property theory property theory, publishers' property scholarly writing transferability 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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