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On the origin of the right to copy : charting the movement of copyright law in eighteenth-century Britain (1695-1775) /
Taking as its point of departure the lapse of the Licensing Act 1662 in 1695, this book examines the lead up to the passage of the Statute of Anne 1709 and charts the movement of copyright law throughout the eighteenth century, culminating in the House of Lords decision in Donaldson v Becket (1774)....
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford [U.K.] ; Portland, Ore. :
Hart Pub.,
2004.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; 1 Politics Propaganda and Profanity Not Property; 2 The Statute of Anne; AMiserable Havock; 3 Scraps of Proceedings; 4 Be Careful What You Wish For; 5 The First: Copyright at Common Law?; 6 Property and the Pamphleteers; 7 Millar v Taylor The Temporary Perpetual Triumph; 8 Donaldson v Becket; A Game of Numbers; 9 An Ending and a Beginning; Conclusion; Postscript; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.