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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:  | | Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation, Berlin (1837) Source: Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt Citation: Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation (1837), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1837b Full title Resolution agreed on by the Assembly of the German Confederation regarding common standards for the protection of literary and artistic property against reprinting and unauthorized reproduction, as published in the Prussian Statute Book Full title original language Beschluß wegen gleichförmiger Grundsätze zum Schutze des schriftstellerischen und künstlerischen Eigenthums gegen Nachdruck und unbefugte Nachbildung Abstract The directive of 1837 is the most important of a number of federal resolutions that helped to create a common market and to harmonise copyright laws within the states of the German Confederation. The resolution, which consisted of six articles, provided a minimum protection of 10 years after publication, that could be prolonged by up to 20 years for specific works if the government of a member state of the Confederation so requested. Every work published in any of the member states within the last twenty years was granted full protection for ten years. After several such extensions to the copyright term, the key date of 1837 was indirectly the cause of the German publishing industry boom in 1867, when the copyright for many editions of works by popular authors eventually expired. The commentary gives an overview on the development of copyright agreements within the German Confederation between 1818 and 1869. Bibliography Brockhaus, H. E., 'Metternich's Plan einer staatlichen Organisation des deutschen Buchhandels', in "Archiv für Geschichte des Deutschen Buchhandels" 1 (1878) 91-119 Gieseke, L., "Vom Privileg zum Urheberrecht: Die Entwicklung des Urheberrechts in Deutschland bis 1845" (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 1995) Gieseke, L., 'Günther Heinrich von Berg und der Frankfurter Urheberrechtsentwurf von 1819', in "Archiv für Geschichte des Buchwesens" 56 (2002) 163-178 Wadle, E., "Geistiges Eigentum I" (Weinheim: VCH, 1996) Related documents in this database Author N.N. Publisher Gesetz=Sammlungs=Debits=und Zeitungs=Komtoir Location Berlin Year 1837 Language German Source Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Frederick William III (1770-1840) Persons referred to in commentary Berg, Günther Heinrich, Freiherr vom (1765-1843) Eberhard, Christian August Gottlieb (1769-1845) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832) Griesinger, Ludwig Friedrich (1767-1845) Krug, Traugott Manfred (1770-1842) Luden, Heinrich (1780-1845) Metternich, Clemens Lothar Wenzel von (1773-1859) Müller, Adam Heinrich (1779-1829) Schiller, Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm von (1796-1841) Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805) Schmid, Karl Ernst (1774-1852) Strauss, Johann, Sr. (1804-1849) Wangenheim, Karl August von (1773-1850) Places referred to Prussia Places referred to in commentary Austria Bamberg Bavaria Berlin Darmstadt Frankfurt Germany Halle Hessen Jena Leipzig Oldenburg Prussia Saxony Schwarzburg Sondershausen Stuttgart Vienna Württemberg Legislation referred to German Federal Act 1815 German federal directive prohibiting reprinting, 1835 Directive of reciprocal protection within the German Confederation (1837) Legislation referred to in commentary Prussian Statute Book 1794 (ALR) German Federal Act 1815 Carlsbad Decrees 1819 Prussian bilateral treaties with German states (1827-1829) Directive of reciprocal protection within the German Confederation (1837) Württemberg Copyright Act 1838 Bavarian Copyright Act 1840 German federal directive (22 April 1841), on performance rights Saxonian Copyright Act 1844 German federal directive (10 June 1845), instituting lifelong copyright and post mortem term Württemberg Copyright Act 1845 Austrian Copyright Act 1846 German federal directive (6 November 1856), extending the protection term German federal directive (12 March 1857), on performance rights Bavarian Copyright Act 1865 Copyright Act for the German Empire 1870 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Federal Assembly (Bundestag) of the German Confederation Institutions referred to in commentary Börsenverein (German Publishers' and Booksellers' organisation) Federal Assembly (Bundestag) of the German Confederation German Customs Union (Zollverein) German music publishers' Union Against Piracy (1830) J G Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart (f.1659) Leipzig fair Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig publishing house Key words bilateral agreements, between German lands book trade books, protected subject matter censorship duration duration, post mortem term inheritability Napoleonic Wars paintings, protected subject matter penalties public performance serialisation societies, publishers' transferability Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. 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