Project Gutenberg 2014-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 112 Kant, Immanuel 1724 1804 Kant, Emmanuel Kant, I. (Immanuil) Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books From: Essays and Treaties on Moral, Political and various Philosophical Subjects Etext produced by John Mamoun. HTML file produced by David Widger "Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books" by Immanuel Kant is a philosophical treatise written in the late 18th century. This essay explores the ethical and legal implications of counterfeiting books, arguing against the practice and emphasizing the moral rights of authors and editors in relation to their published works. Kant investigates how the publication of a book constitutes a unique form of business that requires the author’s express consent, distinguishing it from other commodities. In this work, Kant presents a structured argument to defend the position that counterfeiting is inherently wrong, asserting that a counterfeiter intrudes upon the rightful business of another without any legal or moral justification. He discusses the nature of authorship and the editor’s role, stating that when an editor publishes a work, he does so in the name of the author and, as such, owes a responsibility to protect that author’s rights. Kant further argues that the ownership of a copy does not grant the purchaser the right to publish or reproduce the work, thereby elucidating the distinct legal rights associated with authorship versus ownership of physical copies. He concludes by advocating for a formal legal protection of authors against counterfeiters, suggesting that clarity in copyright law would support the just interests of authors and editors alike. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Copyright K Text Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 53642 53651 2024-09-19T09:39:13.300808 2023-09-20T05:58:19.499802 text/html text/html 50244 2021-01-26T01:30:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 16351 2021-01-26T01:30:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 68352 2024-09-19T09:39:16.831776 application/epub+zip 67181 2024-09-19T09:39:14.765800 application/epub+zip 67181 2024-09-19T09:39:13.908764 application/epub+zip 201991 2024-09-19T09:39:18.363749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192131 2024-09-19T09:39:16.248804 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214484 2022-09-21T03:56:06.652170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41726 41659 2024-09-19T09:39:12.909804 2023-09-20T05:58:19.174793 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 41601 2014-06-20T21:18:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14533 2014-06-20T21:18:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18354 2024-09-19T09:39:18.498746 application/rdf+xml 16121 2024-09-19T09:39:14.242757 image/jpeg 3786 2024-09-19T09:39:14.077771 image/jpeg 68422 2024-09-19T09:39:13.306783 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia