PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Regulations and Rules for the Printing Industry in Sweden, Stockholm (1752)

Source: Kongl. Maj:ts Nådige Förordning Och REGLEMENTE För Boktryckerne i Riket. Gifwit Stockholm i Råd-Camaren then 12. Aug. 1752. SIDERHOLM, Tryckt uti Kongl. Tryckeriet, Hos Directeuren PET. MOMMA. Kungliga Biblioteket.

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Regulations and Rules for the Printing Industry in Sweden, Stockholm (1752), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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than is necessary to provide sufficient work for its employees. It is, therefore, our gracious will that no further Book Printery shall be established without an application for permission to do so, and a convincing case being presented for the operation and maintenance of such an enterprise without detriment to the existing printeries. As such, any such application pertaining to the book printing industry, or anything that in any way affects this industry, must be presented to the Society so that its members may have the opportunity to present their opinions and recommendations prior to any decision being made.

§. 2.

Whosoever wishes to become a Printer of Books by the subsequent establishment of a Printery, shall give notice thereof and present good reasons for doing so in accordance with the preceding paragraph, and no person shall thereafter charge them with any fees for privileges or benefits, by whatever name called, under penalty of a fine of fifty (50) Daler Silvermynt. Instead, they shall pay the sum of twenty (20) Daler Silvermynt only for their membership in the Society. If he is the Printer’s Son or an Apprentice who has come to own a Printery through inheritance or marriage, he shall pay

 



    


 större antal af Boktryckerier, än at tilräckeligit arbete gifwes til theras sysslosättjande; så är Wår nådige wilje, thet tils widare intet Boktryckerie må inrättas, innan å thens sida, som thertil söker tilstånd, fulla skäl och bewis framtes, thet han et sådant wärk förmår drifwa och underhålla, utan at något af the redan anlagde Tryckerier therigenom förfördelas, och bör til then ändan af alla sådane och flere ansökningar, som röra Boktryckerierne i gemen, eller på något sätt angå thenna näring, Societeten del lemnas, på thet thensamma må hafwa tilfälle, at förut och innan något slut fattas, med sine påminnelser och föreställningar inkomma.

§. 2.

Then som hädanefter medelst anläggande af Tryckerie, blifwer Boktryckare, sedan han sig anmält, och sine skäl, enligt föregående §:s lydelse, framtedt, må sedermera ej beswäras med någon kostnad til plägning eller tractering, under hwad namn thet wara månde, wid bot af Femtio Daler Silfm:t för then thet gifwer eller fordrar; utan betalar han allenast för antekningen wid första inträdet i Societeten i et för alt Tjugu Daler Silfm:t. Är han Boktryckare-Son, eller Gesäll, som genom arf eller gifte kommit at tilträda en afleden Boktryckares wärk, erlägge al-



    


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