PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Laws Concerning Printing, Censorship, and Distribution of Books and Almanacs, Denmark–Norway, Copenhagen (1688)

Source: Kong Christian den Femtes Norske Lov. Trykt paa Boghandler Cappelens Forlag i det Lundhske Bogtrykkeri af C.L. Roshauw, 1833. The National Library of Norway.

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Laws Concerning Printing, Censorship, and Distribution of Books and Almanacs, Denmark–Norway, Copenhagen (1688), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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and the other professors of the University of Copenhagen. Owners of such almanacs and other violators of this prohibition shall be punished in the same manner as violators of the King’s laws.. However, there shall be no prohibition against the use of foreign almanacs and calendars for one's own use.

 

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No fortune-telling calendars may be composed or printed in these realms, and no augury regarding war, difficult times, pest or other similar occurrences may be included in them. No printer may print or publish such a calendar under the penalty of a hundred lod [= unit of measurement] of silver.  



    

tore og menige Professoribus i Kiøbenhavn der til er forordnet, ere sammensatte og forfattede, under samme Almanakers, saa vel som andet deris medhavendis Forbrydelse, og der foruden videre Straf, som Kongens Lovs Overtrædere bør; Dog skal ikke være formeent, at mand jo til sin egen Brug maa forskrive fremmede Almanaker og Calender.

 

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Ingen Spaa-Calender maa her i Riget sammenskrivis og trykkis, ej heller nogen Spaadom om Krig, dyr Tid, Pestilenze, eller andre saadanne Tilfælde, derudi indføris; Hvorfor og ingen Bogtrykker maa nogle saadanne Calender under et hundred Lod Sølvs Straf trykke, eller oplegge.



    

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