Germany
Primary Sources on Copyright 1450-1900. List of Documents : German lands
Date | Document title | |
1 | 1501 | Privilege of the Imperial Senate for editions of works of Hrotsvit |
1.1 | 1502 | Privilege of the Imperial Senate for an editions of works of Conrad Celtis |
2 | 1511a | Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick printed in his book Mirror of organ makers and organ players |
2.1 | 1512 | Poem referring to an Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick for an edition of music: Tabulatures of several Canticles and Songs for the organs and lutes |
3 | 1511b | Epilogue to Albrecht Dürer’s book The Live of Mary with reference to an imperial privilege 1511 |
4 | 1513 | Imperial Privilege for Eucharius Rösslin’s The pregnants womens’ and midwifes’ rose garden |
4.1 | 1516 | Imperial Privilege for Johann Eck’s Aristotelis stragyrite dialectica |
4.2 | 1517 | Ducal Bavarian Privilege for Johann Turmair’s Rudimenta gramatica of 1516 |
5 | 1531 | Printers Provision of 28. October 1531 as documented in the Basel book of decrees |
6 | 1532 | Schott v Egenolph – Legal actions before the Imperial Chamber Court |
7 | 1545 | Electoral Saxon Privilege for Martin Luther’s German bible of 1545 and Luther’s warning to the printers> |
7.1 | 1525 | Martin Luther’s warning to the printers in his sermon book of 1525 |
8 | 1549 | Saxon Statute of 1549 |
9 | 1608 | Imperial Printing Statute |
9.1 | 1690 | Beier: Short Report on the Book Trade and its Privileges |
9.2 | 1666 | Henning: The Eulogised Book Producer |
9.3 | 1750 | Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Book Traders, Papermakers and Bookbinders |
10 | 1657 | Foreword to Silesius’ chant book |
11 | 1660 | Frankfurt printers’ order of 1660 |
11.1 | 1690 | Frankfurt printers’ order of 1690 |
11.2 | 1673 | Nuremberg printers’ order of 1673 |
11.3 | 1713 | Augsburg printers’ order of 1713 |
12 | 1675 | Grimmelshausen’s ironic, selfmade ‘Privilege’ in the second book of his Wunderful Bird’s nest |
12.1 | 1658 | Schupp: The Books Thief |
13 | 1738 | Thurnisius (Thurneysen) Dissertation on the illegal Reprint of Books |
14 | p1740p | Johann Abrahamp Birnbaum: article on ‘Reprint of Books’ in Zedler’s encyclopaedia |
14.1 | 1733 | Birnbaum: An honest patriot’s thoughts on the sources and effects of the current decline of the book trade |
15 | 1773 | Electoral Saxony Statute |
16 | 1774a | Pütter: The Reprint of Books |
17 | 1781 | Censorship Ordinance for Austria |
17.1 | 1772 | Decree for Booksellers in the Habsburgian Lands |
17.2 | 1774b | Wilcke: The justified Reprinter |
17.3 | 1774c | Birckenstock: On Book Trade in Habsburgian Lands |
17.4 | 1775 | Chodowiecki’s allegory Works of the darkness and the Austrian reprint in late eighteenth century |
18 | 1785 | Kant: On the illegality of Reprint |
19 | 1790 | Schmieder: The Pros and Cons of the Reprint of Books |
19.1 | 1790 | Schmieder: Apology of Property against Robbery |
19.2 | 1791a | Wieland: Principles on the relation between writer and publisher |
19.3 | 1799 | Kehr: Apology of Reprint of Books |
20 | 1792 | Müller: On Publishing Robbery |
20.1 | 1792 | Reimarus: Consideration of Publishing Rights concerning Reprint |
20.2 | 1792 | Knigge: On Reprint of Books |
21 | 1793 | Fichte:Demonstration of the Illegality of Reprinting |
22 | 1794a | Prussian Civil Code, s. 996-1036 |
23 | 1794b | Schiller’s contract with the publisher Göschen regarding the journal Die Horen |
24 | 1810 | Baden Civil Code |
25 | 1814 | German publisher’s petition to the Congress of Vienna |
25.1 | 1815 | Art 15 d of the Constitution of the German Confederation |
26 | 1821 | Hegel: Philosophy of right, § 61 ff. |
27 | 1824 | Neustetel: Reprint of Book from a Roman Law perspective |
27.1 | 1834 | Gans: Review of Neustetel’s book |
28 | 1831 | Petition of the composers Spohr, Hummel and Ries to the Frankfurt assembly of the German Confederation |
29 | 1827a | Prussian treaties on reciprocal protection other German states |
30 | 1827b | Kramer: The Rights of Writers and Publishers |
31 | 1829a | Escher Commentary on the Statute for the Canton of Zürich concerning the printing press |
32 | 1829b | Leipzig music publishers agreement to ban reprints |
32.1 | 1830 | Amended version of Leipzig music publishers agreement to ban reprints |
33 | 1830 | Hessen Statute to protect rights of writers and publishers |
34 | 1832 | Gans: On the Right to perform theatre plays |
35 | 1837a | Prussian Law against Reprint and Reproduction for works of scholarship and the arts |
36 | 1837b | German Confederation Treaty |
37 | 1828 | Stuttgart publishers’ petition for stronger copyright |
38 | 1839 | Warnkönig: Philosophy of Rights |
39 | 1840 | Bilateral treaty Austria Sardinia 5 mai |
40 | 1843 | Expert opinion of the Prussian experts’ association in Schelling v Paulus |
41 | 1844 | Saxon Copyright Statute |
42 | 1846a | Bilateral treaty between Prussia and Great Britain |
42.1 | 1855 | Amendment of the bilateral treaty between Prussia and Great Britain |
42.2 | 1853 | Bilateral treaty between Hamburg and Great Britain |
43 | 1846b | Austrian Copyright Statute 19. Oktober 1846 |
44 | 1852 | Jolly: The Theory of Reprint according to the Resolutions of the German Confederation |
45 | 1857 | Wächter: Publishing Right |
46 | 1865 | Bavarian Copyright Statute |
47 | 1867 | Schäffle: Economic theory of exclusive sales, with reference to literary and artistic copyright, patent and trade mark law |
48 | 1871 | Copyright Statute for the German Empire |
48.1 | 1876 | Copyright Statute for the German Empire |
49 | 1880 | Kohler: The Authors Right |
50 | 1882 | Bilataral treaty between Switzerland and France 1882 |