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Licensing Rules, Madrid (1502)

Source: Biblioteca Nacional de España; BNE. pages 122-123 from Novísima recopilación de las Leyes de España. Madrid : [s.n.], 1805-1807)- Signature 1/6722.

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Licensing Rules, Madrid (1502), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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shall not be printed; and if they have been
brought in already printed from outside
our kingdoms, it shall be upheld that they
are not sold: and others that are authentic,
and of proven things, and those that are
not forbidden to be read, or that raise no
doubts, that are now to be printed and
then sold, are compiled in a volume and
are examined by a very faithful Jurist with
a very good conscience from the Faculty
from where such books and readings
came; who, under oath, which shall be
made first and which is made well and
faithfully, should verify if such a work
is real, and if the reading is authentic or
proven, and is allowed to be read, and
that it raises no doubts. In this case,
a licence is granted for printing and
selling them; after printing, they must
first be checked to see if it is accurate:
this Jurist must be paid a just salary for
his work; even though it is very
moderate so that booksellers and printers,
and merchants and agents of the book,
who must pay it, are not thereby
damaged to any great extent.
(law 23. tit. 7
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defiendan que no se impriman; y si las tales
se hubieren traído imprimidas de fuera de
nuestros Reynos, defiendan que no se ven-
dan: y las otras que fueren auténticas, y
de cosas probadas, y que sean tales que
se permitan leer, ó en que no haya duda,
estas tales, ahora se hayan de imprimir,
ahora se hayan de vender, hagan tomar
un volúmen dellas, y examinarlas por
algun Letrado muy fiel y de buena con-
ciencia de la Facultad que fueren los ta-
les libros y lecturas; el cual sobre jura-
mento, que primeramente haga, que lo
hará bien y fielmente, mire si la tal obra
está verdadera, y si es la lectura auténtica ó
aprobada, y que se permita leer, y que no
haya duda; y siendo tal, den licencia pa-
ra imprimir y vender; con que despues
de imprimido, primero lo recorran, para
ver si está qual debe, y asi se hagan re-
correr con los tros volúmenes para ver si
estan concertados: y al dicho Letrado ha-
gan dar por su trabajo el salario que justo
sea; con tanto que sea muy moderado,
y de manera que los libreros é imprimi-
dores, y mercaderes y factores de los li-
bros, que lo han de pagar, no resciban
en ello mucho daño. (ley 23. tit. 7
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