A Treatise on the Law of Copyright in Books, Dramatic and Musical Compositions, Letters and Other Manuscripts, Engravings and Sculpture, as Enacted and Administered in England and America; with Some Notices of the History of Literary PropertyC. C. Little and J. Brown; London, 1847 - 450 Seiten |
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... doubt that the body of literature , now extant in the English lan- guage , owes a vast deal to the acknowledgment of these rights , imperfect as it has sometimes been . Although no legislative protection existed before the reign of ...
... doubt that the body of literature , now extant in the English lan- guage , owes a vast deal to the acknowledgment of these rights , imperfect as it has sometimes been . Although no legislative protection existed before the reign of ...
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... is very little reason to doubt , that the right of authors was practically acknowledged as a com- mon law right , in the reign of Eliz- abeth . ( See post , ch . 2. ) for like other men , they labor for subsistence and 20 INTRODUCTION .
... is very little reason to doubt , that the right of authors was practically acknowledged as a com- mon law right , in the reign of Eliz- abeth . ( See post , ch . 2. ) for like other men , they labor for subsistence and 20 INTRODUCTION .
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... doubt that such a right once existed in England . If this be true , it follows that subsequent legislation , so far as it abridged this right of property , took away what once belong- ed to authors by the common law of England . Until ...
... doubt that such a right once existed in England . If this be true , it follows that subsequent legislation , so far as it abridged this right of property , took away what once belong- ed to authors by the common law of England . Until ...
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... doubt , that the understanding of the parliament was , that the property existed at common law , in the " owners " whom they chose to protect , otherwise this provision in their ordinance could only have contemplated " owners " by ...
... doubt , that the understanding of the parliament was , that the property existed at common law , in the " owners " whom they chose to protect , otherwise this provision in their ordinance could only have contemplated " owners " by ...
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... doubt as to the real opinion of Lord Hardwicke , and they attributed his suggestion of a doubt to his great de- cency and prudence in not acting decisively upon a question of law , on which a doubt had been raised , and which had not ...
... doubt as to the real opinion of Lord Hardwicke , and they attributed his suggestion of a doubt to his great de- cency and prudence in not acting decisively upon a question of law , on which a doubt had been raised , and which had not ...
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abridgment aforesaid Anne assigns author or proprietor book or books booksellers printer Burr cause chart common law Company of Stationers consent copy or cast court of equity court of record defendant delivered doctrine England entitled entry equity exclusive right exposed to sale Faculty of Advocates forfeit further enacted granted injunction Justice lished literary property Lord Chancellor Lord Eldon Lord Mansfield Lords Spiritual manuscript ment model copy moiety thereof musical composition order in council parliament passing penalties person or persons piracy pirated plaintiff prietor principle print or prints printed and published printed book printed copy printer or printers proprietor or proprietors protection Provided publication published or exposed question register book reprinted or imported right of printing right of property Scotland sell sole liberty sole right statute statute of Anne Story's term of fourteen tion United Kingdom Vict warehouse-keeper writing
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Seite 44 - of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of " such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Seite 11 - Action may plead the General Issue, and give the special Matter in Evidence...
Seite 31 - ... to the person who shall sue for the same, and the other to the use of the United States, to be recovered by suit in any district court of the United States within whose jurisdiction such offense may have been committed.
Seite 31 - ... of this act, he or they may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence.
Seite 206 - College, the Bodleian Library at Oxford, the Public Library at Cambridge, the Library of the faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, the Libraries of the four Universities of Scotland, Trinity College Library, and the King's Inns...
Seite 66 - That in the construction of uon of act. this act, the word "book" shall be construed to mean and include every volume, part or division of a volume, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, sheet of music, map, chart, or plan separately published...
Seite 8 - ... volumes, parts, essays, articles, or portions shall have been or shall hereafter be composed under such employment, on the terms that the copyright therein shall belong to such proprietor...
Seite 36 - ... patent, the name or any imitation of the name of any other person who hath or shall have obtained letters patent for the sole making...
Seite 162 - When a man by the exertion of his rational powers has produced an original work, he seems to have clearly a right to dispose of that identical work as...