PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

International Copyright Bill, Washington D.C. (1872)

Source: Library of Congress: S. 688, 42nd Cong., 2nd Sess., (February 21, 1872).

Citation:
International Copyright Bill, Washington D.C. (1872), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
S. 688 A Bill for the securing to authors in certain cases the benefit of international copyright

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Abstract:
A Senate Bill that attempted to create international copyright protection. The Bill that was never passed was part of the effort to introduce international copyright protection to the United States that was renewed after the Civil War.

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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:
1837: Senate Report
1853: Letters on International copyright
1873: Committee on the Library Report
1886: Committee on Patents Report
1888: The International Copyright Bill
1891: International Copyright Act (The Chace Act)
1896: The Question of Copyright

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Year: 1872

Location: Washington D.C.

Language: English

Source: Library of Congress: S. 688, 42nd Cong., 2nd Sess., (February 21, 1872).

Persons referred to:
Sherman, John

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