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Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1876 Full title Statute concerning author's rights to works of the fine arts, of 9 January 1876. Statute concerning the protection of photographs against unlicensed reproduction, of 10 January 1876. Statute concerning author's rights to designs and models, of 11 January 1876. Full title original language Gesetz betreffend das Urheberrecht an Werken der bildenden Künste. Vom 9. Januar 1876. Gesetz betreffend den Schutz der Photographieen gegen unbefugte Nachbildung. Vom 10. Januar 1876. Gesetz betreffend das Urheberrecht an Mustern und Modellen. Vom 11. Januar 1876. Abstract The three copyright statutes of 9, 10 and 11 January 1876 were thought to complete the areas that had been left out in the Copyright Act of 1870, which had only covered literary, musical, and dramatic works and printed images. According to the 1870 Act copyright in graphic works had only been conceded for "geographical, topographical, scientific, architectural, technical, and suchlike drawings and illustrations, which, as far as their principal function is concerned, cannot be considered to be works of art." (§.43). No copyright applied when illustrations (Abbildungen) were added "from one literary work [...] to another, provided that the text of the latter is the main part of the work, and that the illustrations are just there to help clarify etc. the text" (§44). The driving force for leaving out these issues in 1870 was the Prussian Ministry of Commerce, which sought to maintain the absence of any protection for industrial designs and to defend the freedom to use works of art for industrial products, as had been conceded in §.9 of the Prussian Copyright Act of 1837. The commentary will focus on early discussions on copyright for photographs. Bibliography Cornwall, James E., "Die Geschichte der Photographie in Berlin - 1839 bis 1900", "Mitteilungen der Vereins für die Geschichte Berlins" 1 (1976) Ricke, Stefan, "Entwicklung des rechtlichen Schutzes von Fotografien in Deutschland" (Münster: LIT Verlag, 1998) Wadle, Elmar, "Geistiges Eigentum", vol. 2 (Munich: Beck, 2003) Related documents in this database Author N.N. Publisher Kaiserliches Postzeitungsamt Location Berlin Year 1876 Language German Source Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bismarck, Otto von (1815-1898) Wilhelm I (1797-1888) Persons referred to in commentary Archer, Frederick Scott (1813-1857) Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé (1789-1851) Dambach, Otto (1831-1899) Graf, Heinrich (fl.1864) Heydemann, Ludwig Eduard (1805-1874) Hinschius, Paul (1835-1898) Jolly, Julius (1823-1891) Krug, August Otto (1805-1867) Kühns, Friedrich Julius (1830-1869) Mühler, Heinrich von (1813-1874) Rönne, Ludwig Peter Moritz von (1804-1891) Sachse, Louis-Friedrich (1798-1877) Schow, Georg Heinrich Leonhard (1810-1869) Talbot, William Henry Fox (1800-1877) Vogel, Hermann Wilhelm (1834-1898) Weis, Ludwig (1813-1890) Wilhelm I (1797-1888) Places referred to Berlin Leipzig Places referred to in commentary Austria Berlin France Great Britain Jena Prussia Vienna Legislation referred to Copyright Act for the German Empire 1870 Copyright Acts for the German Empire 1876 Legislation referred to in commentary Prussian Copyright Act 1837 Bavarian Copyright Act 1840 Anglo-Prussian Copyright Treaty 1846 Fine Art Copyright Act, 1862, 25 & 26 Vict., c.68 Bavarian Copyright Act 1865 Copyright Act for the German Empire 1870 Copyright Acts for the German Empire 1876 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Bundesrat of the German Empire Imperial State Chancery (Berlin) Leipzig Commercial Court Reichstag of the German Empire Institutions referred to in commentary Berlin Industrial Academy (Gewerbeakademie) Berlin Photographic Society Börsenverein (German Publishers' and Booksellers' organisation) Federal Assembly (Bundestag) of the German Confederation Prussian Association of Literary Experts Prussian Ministry of Commerce Prussian Ministry of Justice Prussian Ministry for Religious, Educational, and Medical Affairs Reichstag of the German Empire Reichstag of the North German Confederation Key words anonymous works applied art, protected subject matter art market attribute, obligation to authorship, legal concept of commissions contract deposit derivatives drawings, protected subject matter duration duration, post mortem term inheritability international agreements, bilateral originality paintings, protected subject matter penalties photography, protected subject matter portrait privileges public domain reciprocity registration replica sculpture, protected subject matter signature societies, copyright transferability Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. 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