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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:  | | J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire, Mainz and Fulda (1790) 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: J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire (1790), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1790b Full title A brief outline of the reasons for the harmfulness of reprinting for literature, the book trade, and the reading public in the German Empire, as published in the "Journal von und für Deutschland" (1790) 404-415 Full title original language Kurze Übersicht der Gründe der Schädlichkeit des Büchernachdrucks für die Litteratur. den Buchhandel, und das lesende Publikum im Deutschen Reiche nebst Vorschlägen, dieses Uebel durch eine zweckmäßige Verfügung in der zukünftigen Kaiserlichen Wahlkapitulation von Grund aus zu heben. Junius 1790 Abstract This article by Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Ganz, a Prussian Councillor at the Permanent Imperial Diet (Immerwährender Reichstag) in Regensburg is one of a number of publications addressing plans for the first general reprinting ban which, it was hoped, would cover the whole territory of the Empire. His article explains the detrimental effects of reprinting; gives reasons as to why a general protection had not yet been brought forward; and presents a draft version for such a ban, binding the local sovereigns to protect citizens of other German lands within their territories. The death of Emperor Joseph II in 1790 and the well-known sympathy of his younger brother and successor Leopold II for constitutional ideas and modern trade policies had raised expectations that such a ban on reprinting might be included within the so-called Electoral Capitulation (Wahlkapitulation), a kind of contract between the Emperor-elect and the electors which was traditionally drawn up at the beginning of each new Emperor's reign. Eventually, however, Ganz's proposal was turned down. This commentary will look at the economic view of the book, which is expressed in the arguments put forward by Ganz, and it will also consider the counter-arguments made by a reprinter who wrote a pseudonymous riposte to Ganz's article. Bibliography Meyer, Steffen-Werner. "Bemühungen um ein Reichsgesetz gegen den Büchernachdruck. Anläßlich der Wahlkapitulation Leopolds II. aus dem Jahre 1790" (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2004) Vogel, Martin. "Deutsche Urheber- und Verlagsrechtsgeschichte zwischen 1450 und 1850. Sozial und methodengeschchtliche Entwicklungsstufen der Rechte von Schriftsteller und Verleger", Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens 19, nr 1 (1978): 1-180 Related documents in this database Author N.N. [Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Ganz] Publisher Siegmund von Bibra Location Mainz and Fulda Year 1790 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 Becker, Rudolph Zacharias (1752-1822) Charles V of Habsburg (1500-1558) Gerstlacher, Carl Friedrich (1732-1795) Joseph II (1741-1790) Kayser, Albrecht Christoph (1756-1811) Maximilian II (1527-1576) Pütter, Johann Stephan (1725-1807) Rudolf II of Habsburg (1552-1612) Sonnenfels, Joseph von (1732-1817) Persons referred to in commentary Archenholtz, Johann Wilhelm von (1741-1812) Becker, Rudolph Zacharias (1752-1822) Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (1719-1794) Charles V of Habsburg (1500-1558) Danz, Wilhelm August (1764-1803) Dyck, Johann Gottfried, Jr. (1750-1813) Feder, Johann Georg Heinrich (1740-1821) Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814) Francis II (1768-1835) Frederick II, the Great (1712-1786) Fritsch, Caspar (1677-1745) Ganz, Johann Friedrich Ferdinand (1741-1795) Himburg, Christian Friedrich (1733-1801) Joseph II (1741-1790) Kaunitz, Anton Wenzel, Prince Count of (1711-1794) Kayser, Albrecht Christoph (1756-1811) Kehr, Ludwig Christian (1775-1848) Leopold II (1747-1792) Oeser, Adam Friedrich (1717-1799) Pütter, Johann Stephan (1725-1807) Reich, Philipp Erasmus (1717-1787) Sonnenfels, Joseph von (1732-1817) Stein, Heinrich Friedrich Carl, Baron vom (1757-1831) Thurn und Taxis, Karl Anselm, Prince of (1733-1805) Vandenhoeck, Abraham (c.1700-1750) Vandenhoeck, Anna, née Parry (1709-1787) Varrentrapp, Johann Friedrich (1742-1814) Weidmann, Moritz Georg, Sr. (1658-1693) Wenner, Johann Friedrich (fl.1776-1813) Places referred to Brabant Frankfurt Göttingen 'Northern Germany' Regensburg Reutlingen 'Southern Germany' Switzerland Vienna Places referred to in commentary Hamburg Leipzig Regensburg Tuscany Vienna Legislation referred to Golden Bull of Brabant 1349 Imperial Statute Book (Reichspolizeiordnung) 1577 Peace of Westphalia 1649 Imperial Charter (Reichspatent) 1746 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Appeals Council (Supplikationsrat) of the H.R.E. Aulic Council (Reichshofrat) of the H.R.E. (Vienna) College of Electors (Kurfürstliches Kollegium) Imperial Circles (Reichskreise) Imperial Commission for [University] Studies and Censorship, based in Vienna Imperial Exchequer (Reichsfiskal) Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Wetzlar) Institutions referred to in commentary College of Electors (Kurfürstliches Kollegium) Frankfurt fair Imperial Censorship Committee (Vienna) Leipzig fair Permanent Imperial Diet (Regensburg) Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Frankfurt (f.1680) Key words authors' remuneration barter trade book fairs book market book trade customs foreign reprints free trade importation incentives interest groups libraries lobbying monopoly novelty penalties piracy price regulation privileges, German Imperial property analogies public good reciprocity remedies reprints royalty/royalties scholarly writing societies, publishers' subscription taxation Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. 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