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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:  | | Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia, Vienna (1840) Source: Wienbibliothek Sign: B 103976 Citation: Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia (1840), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1840 Full title Bilateral Treaty between His Majesty, the Emperor of Austria, and His Majesty, the King of Sardina, for the safeguarding of property rights with regard to the literary and artistic works that appear in their respective States; sealed in Vienna, on 22 May 1840; communicated to all courts of appeal by an Imperial decree of 14 July 1840 Full title original language Staatsvertrag zwischen seiner Majestät dem Kaiser von Oesterreich und Seiner Majestät dem Könige von Sardinien, Zur Sicherstellung der Eigenthumsrechte hinsichtlich der in Ihren beiderseitigen Staaten erscheinenden literarischen und artistischen Werke, abgeschlossen zu Wien den 22. Mai 1840, mitgetheilt sämmtlichen Appelationsgerichten durch Hofdecret vom 14. Juli 1840 Abstract This first international copyright treaty involving one of the German-speaking countries was of major importance within Austria and Italy. The initial impetus for the treaty came from the Sardinian ambassador in Vienna, and it was intended to resolve reprinting conflicts between, for example, 'Sardinian' publishers from Turin and 'Austrian' publishers from Milan and Venice, as well as to ban the importing of unlicensed reprints into Lombardy. Elements of modern copyright theory, such as a general, abstract concept of the protected 'work' and a post mortem auctoris term were implemented. The treaty went on to form a major part of the Austrian Copyright Act of 1846, and was incorporated into the domestic legislation of the Kingdom of Sardinia and soon acceded to by other Italian states. From the Italian authors' perspective, however, the treaty failed to set standards for copyright contracts, and remained "half-finished and incomplete" in its professed aim of creating beneficial conditions for the Italian book market. Bibliography Borghi, Maurizio. "La Manifattura del Pensiero" (Milan: Franco Angeli, 2003) Mittermaier, Karl. "Neueste Gesetzgebung in Italien", "Kritische Zeitschrift für Rechtswissenschaft und Gesetzgebung des Auslandes" 12 (1840): 461-467 Schuster, Heinrich M. "Die Entstehung des Urheberrechtspatentes vom 19. October 1846", Juristische Blätter, 20 (1891): 279-280, 291-294, 303-318, 327-331, 339-341 Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher Hof- und Staats-Aerarial-Druckerei Location Vienna Year 1840 Language German Source Wienbibliothek Sign: B 103976 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bertone di Sambuy, Count Vittorio Amadeo Balbo (1793-1846) Charles Albert of Savoy (1798-1849) Ferdinand I (1793-1875) Lebzeltern-Collenbach, Franz Ritter von (1780-1863) Metternich, Clemens Lothar Wenzel von (1773-1859) Persons referred to in commentary Artaria, Francesco (1744-1808) Charles Albert of Savoy (1798-1849) Fusi, Francesco (fl.1807-1839) Lichtenthal, Pietro (1780-1853) Nobili, Annesio (fl.1817-1839) Püttlingen, Johann Vesque von (1803-1883) Ricordi, Giovanni (1785-1853) Torresani, Carlo Giusto (fl.1822-1848) Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy (1759-1824) Places referred to Ticino (Tessin) Vienna Places referred to in commentary Genoa Lucca Milan Modena Parma Pesaro Sardinia Turin Vatican Venice Vienna Legislation referred to Austro-Sardinian Copyright Treaty 1840 Legislation referred to in commentary Austro-Sardinian Copyright Treaty 1840 Sardinian domestic legislation 1840 Austrian Copyright Act 1846 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary Austrian Imperial Commission of Justice Austrian Court Chancellery Imperial State Chancery (Vienna) Key words abridgements adaptation anonymous works arrangement authenticity authorship, corporate book market books, protected subject matter censorship copying, concept of dramatic works, protected subject matter drawings, protected subject matter duration duration, post mortem term engravings, protected subject matter foreign reprints forgery importation inheritability international agreements, bilateral international agreements, multilateral licensing music, protected subject matter newspapers originality paintings, protected subject matter penalties, paid to author(s) penalties, paid to publisher(s) public domain reciprocity scholarly writing sculpture, protected subject matter serialisation transferability translations, protection of 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. 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