PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

The International Copyright Bill, New York (1888)

Source: The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library: 'The International Copyright Bill,' The Nation (1888) 30: 44.

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The International Copyright Bill, New York (1888), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
The International Copyright Bill

Full title original language:
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Abstract:
An article supporting international copyright protection and criticizing the Senate Bill for this purpose as creating too narrow and limited protection to foreign authors.

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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:
1886: International Copyright Act
1886: International Copyright Act
1886: Berne Convention
1837: Senate Report
1838: Address of Certain Authors
1837: Petition of British Authors
1837: Debates in Congress
1843: An Address to the People of the United States
1872: International Copyright Bill
1888: American Authors and British Pirates
1891: International Copyright Act (The Chace Act)

Author: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1888

Location: New York

Language: English

Source: The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library: 'The International Copyright Bill,' The Nation (1888) 30: 44.

Persons referred to:
Arnold, Matthew
Chace, Jonathan
Crawford, Francis Marion
James, Henry

Places referred to:
Belgium
Brussels
Canada
France
Great Britain
Philadelphia

Cases referred to:
N/A

Institutions referred to:
U.S. Congress
U.S. Senate

Legislation:
Belgian Copyright Act 1886
Canadian Copyright Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict., c.53
Canadian Copyright Amendment Act 1886
Franco-Belgian Copyright Treaty 1882

Keywords:
book market
foreign reprints
importation
international agreements, bilateral
moral rights, theory
price regulation
public good
utilitarianism

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