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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:  | | Orelli: "Swiss Copyright Act 1883 with comments and appendices", Zurich (1884) Source: Private Collection Citation: Orelli: "Swiss Copyright Act 1883 with comments and appendices" (1884), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1884 Full title "The Swiss Federal Statute of 23. April 1883 regarding copyright in works of literature and art: with a discussion of the relevant international treaties. Commented and explained by Aloys von Orelli" (Zurich 1884) Full title original language "Das schweizerische Bundesgesetz betreffend das Urheberrecht an Werken der Litteratur und Kunst: Unter Berücksichtigung der bezüglichen Staatsverträge. Erl. von Aloys von Orelli" (Zürich: Schultheß, 1884) Abstract Switzerland was among the last countries in Europe to issue a modern copyright act. In 1856 a number of cantons had agreed on a minimum protection term equivalent to the author's lifespan or 30 years after publication, whichever was the longer. No protection was granted against the unauthorised (re-)printing of public lectures and journal articles. After the Confederation entered into a treaty with France in 1864, it was paradoxically the case that Swiss citizens were protected in their home country to a lesser degree than the works of French authors in Switzerland. The Copyright Act of 1883 conferred exclusive rights to authors for their lifespan plus 30 years p.m.a. The original author's right to control translations of his work was restricted to a 5 years' term within which the legitimate translation had to be published (Art. 3). The authors of musical and dramatic works were required to explicitly reserve their rights and the royalties were limited to 2% of box office takings (Art. 7). The restriction on translation rights was overtaken as early as 1886 when Switzerland signed the Berne Convention. But even after the Berlin revision of the Berne Convention in 1908 Switzerland did not adopt Berne standards before a new Copyright Act was issued in 1922. Bibliography Wittweiler, Bernhard, "Die Auswirkungen der Berner Übereinkunft auf die schweizerische Urheberrechtsgesetzgebung", in Manfred Rehbinder and Wolfgang Larese (eds), "Die Berner Übereinkunft und die Schweiz" (Stämpfli: Berne, 1986) Related documents in this database Author Aloys von Orelli (1827-1892) Publisher F. Schultheß Location Zurich Year 1884 Language German Source Private Collection Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Orelli, Aloys von (1827-1892) Persons referred to in commentary Orelli, Aloys von (1827-1892) Places referred to Switzerland Places referred to in commentary Europe France Switzerland Legislation referred to Swiss Copyright Act 1883 Legislation referred to in commentary Franco-Swiss Copyright Treaty 1864 Swiss Copyright Act 1883 Berne Convention 1886 Berlin Act 1908 (Revision of the Berne Convention) Swiss Copyright Act 1922 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words dramatic works, protected subject matter duration, post mortem term international agreements, Berne Convention music, protected subject matter public performance royalty/royalties translation, protection of translation, right of 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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