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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:  | | Luneau de Boisjermain's case, Paris (1770) Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22073 n°10 Citation: Luneau de Boisjermain's case (1770), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: f_1770 Full title Jugement rendu par M. de Sartine, Chevalier, Conseiller d'Etat, Lieutenant Général de Police de la Ville, Prévôté & Vicomté de Paris, Commissaire du Conseil en cette partie, Entre le Sieur Luneau de Boisjermain, Et les Syndic & Adjoints de la Librairie & Imprimerie de Full title original language N/A Abstract A few years before the decisive decrees of 1777, Pierre-Joseph Luneau de Boisjermain (1732-1801) showed that he belonged to that small minority of authors who insisted on fully exercising a literary property right which emanated from their creations. In this respect, he can be seen as picking up on an essential part of the arguments advanced by Louis d'Héricourt and Diderot, whereby the specific labour carried out by the author served as the fundamental source of a right of exploitation. Rightly determined not to relinquish to the Parisian booksellers the exclusive rights of which he was a beneficiary, Luneau de Boisjermain in 1768 arranged for several boxes of his works to be sent to five book traders in Paris, so that these in their turn could deliver them to booksellers in the provinces who were willing to sell his books. The other Parisian booksellers were annoyed and troubled by the liberty thus taken by an author, and accused Luneau of "meddling in the book trade", in direct violation of Art. 4 of the 1723 Code de la Librairie. On these grounds they were able to secure a judicial order for the confiscation of his works. This confrontation and the subsequent annulment of the confiscation order by the ruling of 1770 would bring to the fore, in an atmosphere of increasing tension between the Parisian and provincial guilds, the whole question of an author being able to directly exercise property rights on his work. Similarly, the ruling in this case anticipated the very specific statute which would soon be enacted in favour of authors in the decrees of 30 August 1777. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Paris Year 1770 Language French Source Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22073 n°10 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Delalain, Nicolas-Augustin, Sr. (c.1735-c.1807) Despilly, Jean-Baptiste (fl.1752-1763) Louis XV (1710-1774) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois (1732-1801) Racine, Jean (1639-1699) Sartine, Antoine de (1729-1801) Savoye, Etienne François (fl.1743-1763) Tilliard, Nicolas-Martin (c.1723-1773) Persons referred to in commentary Diderot, Denis (1713-1784) Héricourt, Louis d' (1687-1752) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois (1732-1801) Places referred to Paris Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1686 Code de la Librairie 1723 Legislation referred to in commentary Code de la Librairie 1723 Decree of the King's Council on the duration of privileges (1777) Cases referred to Luneau de Boisjermain v. Parisian Guild of Booksellers (1678-1679) Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Chambre syndicale des libraires et imprimeurs (Paris) Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers Institutions referred to in commentary Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers Key words authors, self-publishing barter trade defamation guilds penalties penalties, paid to author(s) privileges, French registration reputation 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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