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Statute of Anne, London (1710)
Source: scanned from the parchment copy in the UK Parliamentary Archives
Citation:
Statute of Anne, London (1710), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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obtained as aforesaid Then such offender or offenders
shall forfeit such Book or Books and all and every
sheet or sheets being part of such Book or
Books to the proprietor or proprietors of the
copy thereof who shall forthwith damask and
make wast paper of them And further that
every such offender or offenders shall forfeit one
penny for every sheet which shall be found in
his her or their custody either printed or printing
published or exposed to sale contrary to the true
intent and meaning of this Act, the one Moiety
thereof to the Queens Most Excellent Majestie
her heirs and successors and the other Moiety
thereof to any person or persons that shall sue
for the same to be recovered in any of Her Majesties
Courts of Record at Westminster by action of Debt
bill plaint or information in which no wager
of Law Essoigne privilege or protection or more
than one imparlance shall be allowed And
whereas many persons may through ignorance
offend against this Act unless some provision be
made whereby the property in every such book
as is intended by this Act to be secured to the
proprietor or proprietors thereof may be
ascertained as likewise the consent of such
proprietor or proprietors for the printing or
reprinting of such book or books may from
time to time be known Be it therefore
further Enacted by the authority
aforesaid That nothing in this Act contained
shall be construed to extend to subject any Bookseller
printer or other person whatsoever to the forfeitures
or penalties therein mentioned for or by reason of
the printing or reprinting of any book or books
without such consent as aforesaid unless the Title
to the Copy of such book or books hereafter published
shall before such publication be entered in the Register
Book of the Company of Stationers in such manner
as hath been usual which Register Book shall
at all times be kept at the Hall of the said Company
And unless such consent of the proprietor or
proprietors be in like manner entered as aforesaid
for every of which several entries sixpence shall
be paid and no more Which said Register Book
may at all reasonable and convenient times be
Resorted to and inspected by any Bookseller
printer or other person for the purposes before
mentioned, without any fee or Reward And
the Clerk of the said Company of Stationers shall
when and as often as thereunto required give a
Certificate under his hand of such entry or entrys
and for every such Certificate may take a fee not
exceeding six pence Provided nevertheless
that if the Clerk of the said Company of Stationers
for the time being shall refuse or neglect to Register
or make such entry or entries or to give such certificate
being thereunto required by the author or proprietor
of such Copy or Copyes in the presence of two or more
credible witnesses That then such person and persons
so refusing notice being first duly given of such
refusal by an advertisement in the Gazette shall
have the like benefit as if such Entry or Entryes
Certificate or Certificates had been duly made and
given And that the clerks so refusing shall for
any such offence forfeit to the proprietor of such
Copy or Copyes the sum of Twenty pounds to
be recovered in any of her Majesties Courts of
Record at Westminster by Action of Debt Bill
plaint or information in which no wager of Law
Essoigne privilege or protection or more than one imparlance shall be allowed Provided neverthe
Source: scanned from the parchment copy in the UK Parliamentary Archives
Citation:
Statute of Anne, London (1710), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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No Translation available.
obtained as aforesaid Then such offender or offenders
shall forfeit such Book or Books and all and every
sheet or sheets being part of such Book or
Books to the proprietor or proprietors of the
copy thereof who shall forthwith damask and
make wast paper of them And further that
every such offender or offenders shall forfeit one
penny for every sheet which shall be found in
his her or their custody either printed or printing
published or exposed to sale contrary to the true
intent and meaning of this Act, the one Moiety
thereof to the Queens Most Excellent Majestie
her heirs and successors and the other Moiety
thereof to any person or persons that shall sue
for the same to be recovered in any of Her Majesties
Courts of Record at Westminster by action of Debt
bill plaint or information in which no wager
of Law Essoigne privilege or protection or more
than one imparlance shall be allowed And
whereas many persons may through ignorance
offend against this Act unless some provision be
made whereby the property in every such book
as is intended by this Act to be secured to the
proprietor or proprietors thereof may be
ascertained as likewise the consent of such
proprietor or proprietors for the printing or
reprinting of such book or books may from
time to time be known Be it therefore
further Enacted by the authority
aforesaid That nothing in this Act contained
shall be construed to extend to subject any Bookseller
printer or other person whatsoever to the forfeitures
or penalties therein mentioned for or by reason of
the printing or reprinting of any book or books
without such consent as aforesaid unless the Title
to the Copy of such book or books hereafter published
shall before such publication be entered in the Register
Book of the Company of Stationers in such manner
as hath been usual which Register Book shall
at all times be kept at the Hall of the said Company
And unless such consent of the proprietor or
proprietors be in like manner entered as aforesaid
for every of which several entries sixpence shall
be paid and no more Which said Register Book
may at all reasonable and convenient times be
Resorted to and inspected by any Bookseller
printer or other person for the purposes before
mentioned, without any fee or Reward And
the Clerk of the said Company of Stationers shall
when and as often as thereunto required give a
Certificate under his hand of such entry or entrys
and for every such Certificate may take a fee not
exceeding six pence Provided nevertheless
that if the Clerk of the said Company of Stationers
for the time being shall refuse or neglect to Register
or make such entry or entries or to give such certificate
being thereunto required by the author or proprietor
of such Copy or Copyes in the presence of two or more
credible witnesses That then such person and persons
so refusing notice being first duly given of such
refusal by an advertisement in the Gazette shall
have the like benefit as if such Entry or Entryes
Certificate or Certificates had been duly made and
given And that the clerks so refusing shall for
any such offence forfeit to the proprietor of such
Copy or Copyes the sum of Twenty pounds to
be recovered in any of her Majesties Courts of
Record at Westminster by Action of Debt Bill
plaint or information in which no wager of Law
Essoigne privilege or protection or more than one imparlance shall be allowed Provided neverthe