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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:  | | Austrian Copyright Act, (1846) Source: Scans taken from alex.onb.at with kind permission Citation: Austrian Copyright Act (1846), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1846b Full title Austrian Law for the protection of literary and artistic property against unauthorised publication, reprinting and reproduction. 1846. Full title original language Gesetz zum Schutze des literarischen und artistischen Eigenthumes gegen unbefugte Veröffentlichung, Nachdruck und Nachbildung [vom 19. Oktober 1846] Abstract The Copyright Act of 19 October 1846 was the first modern copyright legislation in Austria and was in force until it was replaced by the Copyright Act of 26 December 1895. The main provisions had been anticipated in the bilateral treaty between Austria and Sardinia (d_1840). The new statute covered just the hereditary lands of the Habsburg monarchy and so did not apply to Hungary or Transylvania. The author was invested with an exclusive right by this Act, which incorporated the copyright terms set out in the federal resolutions of 1837 (d_1837) - 30 years p.m.a. for printed works - and 1845 - 10 years p.m.a. for performing rights, as long as these had been explicitly reserved. An exclusive right to publish a translation could be reserved for one year (§ 5c). Likewise, music publishers and composers could reserve for one year the right to an "arrangement or adaptation of a musical composition for different, or less, instruments". The restrictions on translations and musical compositions led to protests by publishers from both Austria and other member states of the German Confederation. Bibliography Harum, Peter, "Die gegenwärtige österreichische Pressgesetzgebung" (Vienna: Manz, 1857) Hofmeister, Herbert, "Die Entwicklung des Urheberrechts in Österreich vom aufgeklärten Absolutismus bis zum Jahre 1895" in Roland Dittrich (ed.), "Woher kommt das Urheberrecht und wohin geht es?" (Vienna: Manz, 1988), 135-146 Schuster, Heinrich, "Die Entstehung des Urheberrechtspatentes vom 19. Oktober 1846. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der österreischischen Gesetzgebung", "Juristische Blätter" 20 (1891): 279-280, 291-294, 303-305, 315-318, 327-313, 393-341 (Prague: H. Domenicus, 1891). Reprinted in "UFITA" (= "Archiv für Urheber- und Medienrecht") (2000): 513-562 Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location N/A Year 1846 Language German Source Scans taken from alex.onb.at with kind permission Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary Harum, Peter (fl.1857) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary Austria Hungary Sardinia Transylvania Legislation referred to Austrian Civil Statute Book 1811 Austrian Copyright Act 1846 Legislation referred to in commentary Directive of reciprocal protection within the German Confederation (1837) Austro-Sardinian Copyright Treaty 1840 German federal directive (10 June 1845), instituting lifelong copyright and post mortem term Austrian Copyright Act 1846 Austrian Copyright Act 1895 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Central Book Censorship Commission (Vienna) Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words adaptation anonymous works anthologies applied art, protected subject matter architecture, protected subject matter attribute, obligation to author/publisher relations authorship, corporate authorship, legal concept of authorship, joint or collaborative books, protected subject matter commissions compilation contract copying, concept of dramatic works, protected subject matter drawings, protected subject matter duration duration, post mortem term editions, new excluded subject matter formalities maps, protected subject matter music, protected subject matter newspapers oral works, protected subject matter originality paintings, protected subject matter penalties privileges, Austrian public performance reciprocity reprints serialisation transferability translation, right of translations, of contemporary works translations, protection of universities unpublished works 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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