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Originally Posted by gideongallery
so germany was covered by the old stationers monopoly which is exactly as i said it was.
specifically because it was not part ....
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According to wikipedia, even after the statute of Anne, the stationers company continued to have a legal monopoly to register (or not register) books in 18century Great Britian. If the stationers company refused to accept your book into their registry, then you received no copyright enforcement in Great Britian, unless you could compel/force them to register your book. This is my interpretation from the very limited info on wikipedia.
Gideon, you really should research old German copyright law if you want to know the truth about the historical copyrights of old German books (in Germany of course). Dont just guess and assume it's similar/same as in Great Britian.