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Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights, Munich (1853)
Source: Scanned from a copy held in the Frankfurt Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte.
Citation:
Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights, Munich (1853), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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an independent work- comparable to a translation- that it does not
constitute a violation of author’s rights.
c) Similarly, the use of works of art in products of manufacture or
craftsmanship (e.g. bottle-stoppers or pipe-bowls crafted in the
likeness of portraits) is to be treated as lawful reproduction. On the
other hand, the publication of a regional or town map in the form of
printed handkerchiefs is clearly a case of unauthorised reprinting.
8. Whoever knowingly carries on trade with unauthorised copies or distributes
these (e.g. the owner of a lending library) is as liable [to prosecution] as the
unauthorised reprinter himself. If even just a single unauthorised copy is found
in a bookshop this is enough to verify that a violation of author’s rights has
taken place. The most recent legislation does not, however, distinguish
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[7) cont.] the first lawful performance of the work, in all federal territories.
If, however, the author has allowed a performance of his work without giving his
name or using any recognized pseudonym, no exclusive right can be claimed against
other performances of the work.”
8) Prussian law, §. 32: “The exclusive right to grant permission (for public
performance) belongs to the author for life and to his heirs or legal successors
for 10 more years after his death.”
9) Prussian law, §. 24: “If a work of art which has been produced by painting or
one of the graphic arts is represented by means of the plastic arts, or vice
versa, this is not to be treated as an unlawful reproduction.” §. 25: “The use of
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Source: Scanned from a copy held in the Frankfurt Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte.
Citation:
Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights, Munich (1853), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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an independent work- comparable to a translation- that it does not
constitute a violation of author’s rights.
c) Similarly, the use of works of art in products of manufacture or
craftsmanship (e.g. bottle-stoppers or pipe-bowls crafted in the
likeness of portraits) is to be treated as lawful reproduction. On the
other hand, the publication of a regional or town map in the form of
printed handkerchiefs is clearly a case of unauthorised reprinting.
8. Whoever knowingly carries on trade with unauthorised copies or distributes
these (e.g. the owner of a lending library) is as liable [to prosecution] as the
unauthorised reprinter himself. If even just a single unauthorised copy is found
in a bookshop this is enough to verify that a violation of author’s rights has
taken place. The most recent legislation does not, however, distinguish
___________________
[7) cont.] the first lawful performance of the work, in all federal territories.
If, however, the author has allowed a performance of his work without giving his
name or using any recognized pseudonym, no exclusive right can be claimed against
other performances of the work.”
8) Prussian law, §. 32: “The exclusive right to grant permission (for public
performance) belongs to the author for life and to his heirs or legal successors
for 10 more years after his death.”
9) Prussian law, §. 24: “If a work of art which has been produced by painting or
one of the graphic arts is represented by means of the plastic arts, or vice
versa, this is not to be treated as an unlawful reproduction.” §. 25: “The use of
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