Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books / From: Essays and Treaties on Moral, Political and various Philosophical Subjects

by Immanuel Kant

I. Deduction of the Editor's Right against the Counterfeiter

Whoever transacts another's business in his name and yet against his will is obliged to give up to him, or to his attorney, all the profits that may arise therefrom, and to repair all the loss which is thereby occasioned to either the one or the other.

Now the counterfeiter is he who transacts another's business (the author's) against the other's will. Therefore the counterfeiter is obliged to give up to the author or to his attorney (or the editor) [any profits from the transaction].

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