The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-30 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
The following is an out Hoe of a convention between
her Majesty and the King of Prussia fur the establish-
ment of international copyright, which has just been pre-
sented to Parliament :--
Article I. The authors of books, dramatic works, or
musical compositions, and the inventors, designers, or
engravers, of prints and articles of sculpture ; and the
authors, inventors, designers, or engravers of any othk.r
works whatsoever of literature and the fine arts, in which
the laws of Great Britain and of Prussia do now er may
hereafter give their respective subjects the privilege of
copyright, shall, with regard to any such works or
articles first published in either of the two states, enjoy
in the other the same privilege of copyright as would by
law be enjoyed by the author, inventor, designer, or
engraver of a similar work, if first published in such
other state ; together with the same legal remeclii a and
protection against piracy and unauthorised republication.
IL No person shall, in either country, be entitled to
the protection stipulated by the preceding article,
unless the work, in respect of which copyright is
claimed shall have been registered by the original pro-
ducer or by his lawful representatives or assigns, in the.
manner following:—
First. If the work be one that has first appeared in
the dominions of his Majesty the King of Prussia, it
must have been registered in the register book of the
Company of Stationers in Leaden.
Secondiy, If the work be one that has first appeared
in the dominions of her Britannic Majesty, it must have
been registered in the catalogue to be kept for that
purpose at the office of his Prussian Majesty's Minister
for Ecclesiastical, Educational, and Medical Affairs.

111. The authors of dramatic and musical works which
shall have been first publicly represented or performed
in either of the two countries, as well as the lawful re-
presentatives or assigns of such authors, shall likewise
be protected in regard to the public representation or
performance of their works in the other country, to the
full extent in which native subjects would be protected
in respect of dramatic and musical w, rks first represented
or performed in such country ; provided they shall pre-
viously have duly registered thir copyright in the offices
mentioned in the preceding article, in conformity with
the laws of the respective States.
IV. In lieu of the rates of duty which may at any
time, during the continuance of this Convention, he
payable upon the importation into the United Kingdom
of foreign books, prints, and drawings, there shell be
charged upon the importation of books, prints, or draw-
ings, published within the dominions of Prussia, and
legally importable into the United Kingdom, only the
rates of duty specified in the table hereto annexed ; tha'
is to say—
Duties on books, viz.:—
Works originally produced in the United
Kingdom and republished in Prussia—
the cwt 2 10 0
Works not originally produced in the
United Kingdom—the cwt 0 15 0
Prints or drawings :
Plain or coloured, single—each 0 0- 0
Bound or sewed—the dozen
It is understood that all works of which any part was
originally produced in the United Kingdom will be con-
sidered as " works originally produced in the United
Kingdom, and republished in Prussia," and will be sub-
ject to the daty of fifty shillings per cwt., although the
same may contain also original matter produced else-
where ; sinless such original matter shall be at least
equal in bulk to the part of the work originally pro-
duced in the United Kingdom, in which case the work
will be subject only to the duty of fifteen shillings
per cwt.
V. It is agreed that stamps shall be provided accord-
ing to a pattern to be made known to the custom-house
officers of the United Kingdom, and that the municipal
or other authorities of the several towns in Prussia shall
affix such stamps to all books intended for exportation
to the United Kingdom. And no books shall, for the
purposes of this convention, so fir as the same relates
to the rates of duty at which such books are to be en-
tered, be deemed to have been published in Prussia,
except such as appear by their title-page to have been
published at some town or place within the dominion.;
of Prussia, and which have been duly stamped by the
proper municipal or other authority of any such town
or place.
VI. Nothing in this convention shall be construed to
affect the right of either of the two high contracting
parties to prohibit the importation into its own do-
minions, of such books as, by its internal law, or under
its treaties with other States, are declared to be piracies,
or infringements of copyright.
VII. In case either of the two high contracting parties
shall conclude a treaty of international copyright with
any third power, a stipulation similar to that contained
in the preceding article shall be inserted in such treaty.
VIII. Those German States which, together with
Prussia, compose the Customs and Commercial Union,
or which may hereafter join the said union, shall have
the right of acceding to the present convention; and
books, prints, and drawings, published in any State so
becoming a party to this convention, and exported from
any other State, also being a party to the same, shall be
considered, for the purposes of this convention, to have
been exported from the country of their publication.
IX. The present convention shall come into operation
on the Ist of September, 1846. It shall remain in force
for five years from that date, and further, until the ex-
piration of a year's notice, which may be given by either
party, at any time after the Ist of September, 1851.
X. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged at Berlin, at the expira-
tion of two months, or sooner if possible.
Done at Berlin, the thirteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord 1846.
(L.S.) WESTMORELAND.
(On behalf of her Majesty.)
Baron de CANITZ.
(On behalf of the King of Prussia.)

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