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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:  | | Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy, Leipzig (1830) Source: Sächsisches Staatsarchiv Leipzig Citation: Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy (1830), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1830a Full title Second Charter of the German Music Publishers' Union Against Piracy, as agreed on at the Leipzig fair in 1830 Full title original language Erweiterungsacte Abstract The agreements made by German music publishers over the nineteenth century are a good example of publishers' initiatives to outweigh the absence of effective copyright regulations at both the national and international level. The agreement of 1830 was signed by publishers from Saxony and Austria (thus covering Leipzig and Vienna, the main centres of the German music market) and other German states. The signatories accepted the concept of a publisher's "property in the melody" - something that was implemented in a Saxon Statute of 1831 and still exists in contemporary German copyright as "starrer Melodienschutz" ("rigid protection of melodies" - UrhR § 24(2)). A priority right among German publishers for their reprints of foreign - mostly Parisian ' music was established. A register of music publications (both sheet music and books on composers, music theory etc.) was introduced, in order to keep track of original publishers and lawful copyright holders. Coming after the less formal agreement of the preceding year (d_1829), the 1830 convention was a real charter aimed at setting up a permanent association. It included provisions for a board to "represent the Union" and a Secretary vested with far-reaching powers. Boards of arbitrators were duly chosen at the annual meetings. However, some publishers refused to join the Union and could therefore not be restrained from undertaking reprint editions. The copyright aspect of the Association became less important after the promulgation of the Prussian Copyright Act (d_1837a) and the Federal Assembly directive (Bundesbeschluß) of the same year (d_1837b). The Association maintained a copyright register from 1831 to 1903 and developed into a professional association which still exists as the Deutscher Musikverlegerverband (German Music Publishers' Association). Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author Hofmeister, Friedrich (1782-1864) Publisher Unpublished Location Leipzig Year 1830 Language German Source Sächsisches Staatsarchiv Leipzig Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to André, Johann Anton (1775-1842) Cosmar, Alexander (fl.1826-1848) Dunst, Franz Philipp (1802-1851) Härtel, Wilhelm (fl.1829) Hartmann, C. H. (1797-1840) Haslinger, Tobias (1787-1842) Hofmeister, Friedrich (1782-1864) Krause, H. (fl.1830-1848) Laue, Friedrich (fl.1829) Lose, C. C. (fl.1802-1830) Meyer, Gottfried Martin (d.1846) Niemeyer, Georg Wilhelm (fl.1826-1857) Peters, Carl Friedrich (1779-1827) Probst, Heinrich Albert (1791-1846) Schott, Bernhard (1748-1809) Schuberth, Julius Ferdinand Georg (1804-1875) Simrock, Nikolaus (1751-1832) Spehr, Johann Peter (fl.1794-1829) Persons referred to in commentary André, Johann Anton (1775-1842) Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) Brockhaus, Friedrich (1800-1865) Cotta, Johann Friedrich (1764-1832) Dresch, Johann Casimir (fl.1828-1831 Enslin, Theodor Johann Christian Friedrich (1787-1851) Gaillard, Carl (1813-1851) Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812) Hofmeister, Friedrich (1782-1864) Kühnel, Ambrosius (1770-1813) Mäcken, Johann Conrad (1791-1872) Meyer, Gottfried Martin (d.1846) Simrock, Nikolaus (1751-1832) Spehr, Johann Peter (fl.1794-1829) Wedel, Daniel Ludwig (c.1800) Places referred to Berlin Bonn Braunschweig England France Frankfurt Leipzig Mainz Offenbach Vienna Wolfenbüttel Places referred to in commentary Aschaffenburg Bamberg Berlin Bonn France Frankfurt Gdansk (Danzig) Hamburg Leipzig Offenbach Paris Reutlingen Vienna Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Prussian Statute Book 1794 (ALR) Prussian Copyright Act 1837 Directive of reciprocal protection within the German Confederation (1837) Saxonian Copyright Act 1844 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to B. Schott's Söhne, music publishers (f.1770) Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig (f.1719) C. C. Lose, Copenhagen, music publishers (f.1802) Cosmar & Krause, music publishers (f.1826) German music publishers' Union Against Piracy (1830) N. Simrock, music publishers (f.1793) Registry Office of the Union Against Piracy, Leipzig Schuberth & Niemeyer, music publishers (f.1829) Institutions referred to in commentary Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig (f.1719) Duncker & Humblot, Berlin-based publishing house (f.1798) Federal Assembly (Bundestag) of the German Confederation German music publishers' Union Against Piracy (1830) Leipzig fair N. Simrock, music publishers (f.1793) Prussian Customs Union Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Schuberth & Niemeyer, music publishers (f.1829) South German Customs Union Key words arrangement authenticity book fairs book market book trade Börsenverein (German Publishers' and Booksellers' organisation) derivatives foreign reprints forgery free trade importation interest groups international agreements, bilateral music, protected subject matter music publishing Napoleonic Wars penalties, paid to publisher(s) piracy reciprocity registration reprints societies, copyright societies, publishers' Vienna Congress 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. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). 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