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Rescript Limiting the Freedom Allowed by the 1770 Legislation, Copenhagen (1771)

Source: Kongelige Rescripter, Resolutioner og Collegialbreve for Danmark og Norge. 6:1 : 1766-1776, Gyldendal 1786, 328. The National Library of Norway.

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Rescript Limiting the Freedom Allowed by the 1770 Legislation, Copenhagen (1771), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Kongelige Rescripter, 1771.

7 Oct.

Rescr. (til Kjøbenhavns Universitet, samtlige Stiftbefalingsmænd og Biskoper i Danmark og Norge, samt Overhofmesteren ved Sorøe-Academie, tillige at bekjendtgjøres alle Bogtrykkere, og Notits til Politiemesteren i Kjøbenhavn), hvorved den ved Rescr. af 14. Sept. 1770 tilladte Trykke-Frihed indskrænkes.

Gr. Ildefindede og frekke Menneske have af benævnte Rescr. taget Anledning, i Trykken at udgive nogle fornærmelige og forargelige Skrivter.

§. 1. Den d. 14 Sept. 1770 bevilgede Trykkefrihed maae ikke misbruges til derved at overtræde andre borgerlige Love, hvorfor og alle Injurier, Pasqviller og oprøriske Skrivter fremdeles, ligesom forhen, skal være un-

§. 2.   derkastede den derfor satte Straf. Omendskjønt al Censur er ophævet, saa skal dog enhver Autor, som skriver noget, være ansvarlig for, at saadant ikke strider mod

§. 3. de nu værende Love og Forordn. Det maae ikke være nogen Bogtrykker tilladt, at trykke nogen Bog eller Skrivt, hvortil han ikke veed Autor, da han derfor skal staae til Ansvar, naar han ikke kan angive Autor; til hvilken Ende og ingen Bog maae trykkes, hvorpaa ikke staaer Autors eller Bogtrykkerens Navn.




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