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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:  | | Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum, Paris (1725) Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22072 n° 62 Citation: Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum (1725-1726), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: f_1725b Full title Memorandum by Louis d'Héricourt, addressed to M. the Keeper of the Seals Full title original language Mémoire de Louis d'Héricourt à Monseigneur le Garde des Sceaux Abstract In the 1720s, the lawyer Louis d' Héricourt put himself at the disposal of the Parisian booksellers, who felt threatened by the increasingly sharp protests of their counterparts from the provinces. The latter disputed indeed, as in England, monopolies still preserved by Louis XIV and the policy of Colbert regarding the 1686 or 1701 regulations, and confirmed in 1723 by the Code of the Book Trade. The memorandum presented by Louis d' Héricourt at this occasion to the Keeper of the Seals Armenonville, constitutes the first defence of the exclusive rights of the Parisian corporation under a clear legal qualification of literary property right based upon the work of the author himself. In essence an argument based on Lockean ideas, the recognition of such a property had as an inevitable consequence on the traditional perception of the privileges of the book trade and the royal sovereignty in the discretion of their granting. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author Louis d'Héricourt (1687-1752) Publisher Imprimerie Jacques Vincent Location Paris Year 1725-1726 Language French Source Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22072 n° 62 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Charles IX (1550-1574) Henri II (1519-1559) Héricourt, Louis d' (1687-1752) Louis XII (1462-1515) Louis XIII (1601-1643) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Moulins Paris Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to French royal edict on censorship 1547 French royal edict 1563 Decrees of King's Council 1626, 1627 Code de la Librairie 1723 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Keeper of the Seals ('Garde des Sceaux') Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers University of Paris (Sorbonne) Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration book trade censorship, pre-publication contract defamation duration guild regulation guilds immoral works incentives inheritability labour theory licensing, Approbation manuscript natural rights patronage perpetual protection printing, history of privileges privileges, French privileges, printing property analogies property theory property theory, authors' property property theory, publishers' property public domain public good transferability utility Responsible editor Frédéric Rideau 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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