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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:  | | Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books, Kreuznach (1799) Source: Scanned from a reprint edition (edited by Reinhard Wittmann, München 1981) taken from an the copy held in Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln Citation: Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books (1799), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1799 Full title Apology of the Reprinting of Books Full title original language Vertheidigung des Bücher-Nachdruks Abstract The young Ludwig Christian Kehr (1775-1848) welcomed the French Revolution in a number of pamphlets. From 1797 he ran a commercial lending library in the Rhineland town of Kreuznach, and in 1799 he set up his own publishing house and bookshop. He published French translations and a series of pirate editions under the title Select Library of the Most Exquisite Writers of Germany. Kehr argued that it was unfair to brand reprinting with the stigma of piracy, since it helped in fact to relieve social injustice in the allocation of books: "Many well-off book-lovers buy books [...] but they do not in fact read them [...] Less well-to-do readers have to forgo any hope of acquiring good books, which may in fact be indispensable to them, simply because their prices are so excessive as to deter any potential buyers. [...] It is reprinting alone which can curb this baleful evil and counteract it." Kehr's arguments are typical for advocates of reprinting in the late eighteenth century. The commentary explains the market situation for German books at that time and refers in particular to the situation around 1800 in the French-occupied territories, where towns like Kreuznach were situated. Bibliography Kehr, Ludwig Christian, "Selbstbiographie" (Kreuznach: Kehr, 1834) Rissel, Heribert, "Große Literatur aus einer kleinen Stadt: die Raubdrucke des Ludwig Christian Kehr in Kreuznach", "Jahrbuch für westdeutsche Landesgeschichte" 32 (2006): 321-344 Related documents in this database Author Ludwig Christian Kehr (1775-1848) Publisher N.N. [Ludwig Christian Kehr] Location Kreuznach Year 1799 Language German Source Scanned from a reprint edition (edited by Reinhard Wittmann, München 1981) taken from an the copy held in Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Göschen, Georg Joachim (1752-1828) Kehr, Ludwig Christian (1775-1848) Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (1724-1803) Schmieder, Christian Gottlieb (1750-1827) Wieland, Christoph Martin (1733-1813) Persons referred to in commentary Desessarts, Nicolas-Toussaint Lemoyne (1744-1810) Heinse, Wilhelm (1746-1803) Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804) Kehr, Ludwig Christian (1775-1848) La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695) Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805) Voß, Johann Heinrich (1751-1826) Places referred to Karlsruhe Kreuznach Leipzig Places referred to in commentary Kreuznach Rhineland Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to Reich v. Schmieder (1774-1783) Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Leipzig fair Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words barter trade book fairs book market book trade editions, new Enlightenment, the fair use interest groups learning, the advancement of Napoleonic Wars price regulation privileges, printing property theory public good reprints royalty/royalties scholarly writing societies, publishers' utility 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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