A Treatise on the Law of Copyright and Literary Property (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Copyright and Literary Property For inter sues, developments and changes in the law see cumulative Annotations. Same title. Page and note number. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







A Treatise on the Law of Copyright and Literary Property - Primary Source Edition


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Treatise On the Laws of Literary Property


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In this groundbreaking work, Robert Maugham explores the complex legal framework surrounding the ownership and protection of literary works. Drawing on case studies, historical research, and legal analysis, Maugham argues that authors deserve greater rights and recognition for their intellectual contributions. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.







A Treatise on the Law of Copyright in Books, Dramatic and Musical Compositions, Letters and Other Manuscripts, Engravings and Sculpture


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Curtis, George Ticknor. 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 Property. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1847. xi, 450 pp. Reprint available December 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-565-3. Cloth. $125. * Reprint of the first edition of the first comprehensive study of copyright law. A comprehensive and scholarly treatise that considers the history and theory of the subject, it summarizes all of the English and American statute enacted since the Act of Queen Anne of 1709-10, the first formal recognition of a law of literary property separate from the law of censorship. Curtis [1812-1894], an eminent patent attorney, was renowned for his intellect and literary skill. He is also the author of the important Constitutional History of the United States, which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint.