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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 the German Reich and the U.S.A., (1892) Source: Private Collection. The original publication in the Reichsgesetzblatt 1892 will soon be available online at http://alex.onb.ac.at/gesetze_drab_fs.htm Citation: Bilateral treaty between the German Reich and the U.S.A. (1892), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1892 Full title Agreement of 15 January 1892 between the German Reich and the United States of America on the mutual protection of author's rights. German version as published in Robert Voigtländer and Theodor Fuchs, "Die Gesetze betreffend das Urheberrecht und das Verlagsrecht an Werken der Literatur und der Tonkunst" (Leipzig: Roßberg 1914) Full title original language Übereinkommens vom 15. Januar 1892 über den gegenseitigen Schutz der Urheberrechte. German version as published in Robert Voigtländer and Theodor Fuchs, "Die Gesetze betreffend das Urheberrecht und das Verlagsrecht an Werken der Literatur und der Tonkunst" (Leipzig: Roßberg 1914) Abstract Apart from the 1876 Industrial Designs Copyright Act for the German Empire (d_1876), which after multiple amendments is still in force, the Copyright Treaty of 1892 between the German Empire and the U.S.A. is the only piece of nineteenth-century legislation for the German-speaking lands that is still in force in its original form. The first bilateral agreements signed by the United States as a result of the International Copyright Act of 1891 (the Chace Act: us_1891a) were with Belgium, France, the British possessions, Switzerland, the German Empire and Italy in 1891 and 1892. These treaties did not implement the 'rule of the shorter term' that had been agreed on in the Berne Convention, but agreed, rather, on a strict 'national treatment': i.e. where a country must grant the citizens of signatory state(s) the same rights as it grants to its own citizens. Even though the USA eventually did accede to the Berne Convention, the treaty with Germany of 1892 is still in force and has been applied to contemporary cases. Bibliography Goldstein, Paul, "International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice" (Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2001) Nordemann, Wilhelm, "The Term of Protection for Works of U.S.-American Authors in Germany", "Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA" 44, nr 1 (1996): 1-7 Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location N/A Year 1892 Language German Source Private Collection. The original publication in the Reichsgesetzblatt 1892 will soon be available online at http://alex.onb.ac.at/gesetze_drab_fs.htm Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary Keaton, Buster (1895-1966) Wilson, Bill (1895-1971) Places referred to America Germany Places referred to in commentary America Belgium England France Germany Italy Switzerland Legislation referred to Germany-U.S.A. Copyright Treaty 1892 Legislation referred to in commentary Copyright Acts for the German Empire 1876 Berne Convention 1886 U.S. International Copyright Act, 1891 (Chace Act) Germany-U.S.A. Copyright Treaty 1892 U.S. Copyright Act 1909 Paris Act 1971 (Revision of the Berne Convention) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary White-Smith Music Pub. Co. v. Apollo Co., 209 U.S. 1 (1908) Alcoholics Anonymous "Big Book" translation case, Frankfurt Provincial Court of Appeal (2003) Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary Alcoholics Anonymous German Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) Key words books, protected subject matter international agreements, Berne Convention international agreements, bilateral paintings, protected subject matter photography, protected subject matter reciprocity translations, of contemporary 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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