PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Artistic Copyright Bill, London, London (1869)

Source: Cambridge University Library

Citation:
Artistic Copyright Bill, London, London (1869), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Fine Arts Copyright Consolidation and Amendment Bill (No 2) 1869 HL 51

Full title original language:
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Abstract:
The Artistic Copyright Bill 1869, presented to the House of Lords by Lord Westbury (Richard Bethell), originated with the Society of Arts, the body that had led the campaign culminating in the Fine Arts Copyright Act 1862. As the Commentary explains, the 1869 Bill favoured the interests of the art collector over the painter; this was unlike the position with the campaign culminating in the 1862 Act, where the Society of Arts’ proposals were prepared by a Copyright Committee dominated by Royal Academician painters. The 1869 Bill, which influenced the recommendations on painting copyright made by the Royal Commission on Copyright in 1878, became the source of furious opposition in the later nineteenth century, by the Royal Academy of Arts.

1 Commentary:
commentary_uk_1869

Bibliography:
  • Cooper, E., Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018)


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Author: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1869

Location: London

Language: English

Source: Cambridge University Library

Persons referred to:
Lord Westbury
Victoria

Places referred to:
British dominions
Channel Islands
England
Ireland
Isle of Man
Scotland

Cases referred to:
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Institutions referred to:
British Museum
House of Commons
House of Lords
Stationers’ Company

Legislation:
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Keywords:
Art
Collectors
Delabere Roberton Blaine
Engraving
Lord Westbury
Painting
Photographs
Repetitions
Replicas
Richard Bethell
Sculpture
Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

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