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Prussian Statute Book (ALR), Berlin (1794)

Source: Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart A18/725-2,2

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Prussian Statute Book (ALR), Berlin (1794), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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On criminal self-interest and deceit. 1359


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[Heading in margin:] 6) The reprinting of books.

      §. 1294. Books for which a subject of the Prussian
crown has the publishing right are not to be reprinted
by anyone.
      §. 1295. If the legitimate publisher has obtained
an explicit privilege, then the reprinter of a book which
has such a privilege printed on the first pages, or whose
title-page (or its verso) bears an indication of this
privilege's content, is liable to the penalty specified in
the privilege.
      §. 1296. a) Even if the punishment specified in a
particular privilege is not acted out, the reprint copies
must nevertheless, on request of the legitimate publisher,
be confiscated and made unusable for sale; or they are to
be handed over to the rightful publisher if he so wishes.
      §. 1296. b) However, in the latter case the legitimate
publisher who wishes to

    


Von Eigennutz und Betrug. 1359


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[Heading in margin:] 6) Büchernachdruck.

      §. 1294. Bücher, auf welche ein Königlicher
Unterthan das Verlagsrecht hat, soll niemand nach-
drucken.
      §. 1295. Hat der rechtsmäßige Verleger ein aus-
drückliches Privilegium erhalten: so hat der Nach-
drucker eines Buchs, welchem ein solches Privile-
gium vorgedruckt, oder dessen Inhalt auf oder hin-
ter dem Titelblatte bemerkt ist, die in dem Privi-
legio angedrohte Strafe verwirkt.
      §. 1296 a) Findet die Strafe aus einem beson-
dern Privilegio nicht statt: so soll dennoch der
Nachdruck auf den Antrag des rechtmäßigen Ver-
legers confiscirt, und zum Verkauf unbrauchbar
gemacht; oder dem Verleger, wenn er es verlangt,
überlassen werden.
      §. 1296 b) Es muß aber, in diesem letztem
Falle, der rechtmäßige Verleger, wenn er den

    

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