PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

British-American Copyright Convention Draft, Washington (1853)

Source: National Archives, Kew: FO 93/8/32

Citation:
British-American Copyright Convention Draft, Washington (1853), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Convention between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America for the Establishment of International Copyright

Full title original language:
N/A

Abstract:
A draft for a bilateral copyright convention between the United States and Great Britain.

Commentary: No commentaries for this record.

Bibliography:
  • Khan, B. Zorina. The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

  • Clark, Aubert J. The Movement for International Copyright in Nineteenth Century America. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1960.

  • Barnes, James J. Authors, Publishers, and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement, 1815-1854. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.


Related documents in this database:
1872: Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright
1878: Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence
1837: Senate Report
1838: Address of Certain Authors
1837: Petition of British Authors
1891: International Copyright Act (The Chace Act)

Author: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1853

Location: Washington

Language: English

Source: National Archives, Kew: FO 93/8/32

Persons referred to:
Crampton, Sir John Fiennes Twistleton
Everett, Edward
Marcy, William Learned
Victoria

Places referred to:
England
Great Britain
Ireland
London
Washington

Cases referred to:
N/A

Institutions referred to:
British Museum
Stationers' Company
Stationers' Hall
U.S. Department of State, Washington

Legislation:
British-American Copyright Convention Draft, 1853

Keywords:
Anglo-American
books, protected subject matter
deposit
dramatic works, protected subject matter
drawings, protected subject matter
engravings, protected subject matter
formalities
international agreements, bilateral
music, protected subject matter
paintings, protected subject matter
price regulation
public performance
reciprocity
registration
sculpture, protected subject matter
transferability

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