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Report on H.R. 10881, Washington D.C. (1890)

Source:
The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library: 51st Cong., 1st sess., 1890, H.Rep. 10881.

Citation:
Report on H.R. 10881 (1890), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title
Report on the Bill H.R. 10881 "Simonds Report"

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Abstract
A report of the Committee on Patents on the subject of international copyright protection submitted to the House of Representatives.

Bibliography
Barnes, James J. Authors, Publishers, and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement, 1815-1854. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.
Clark, Aubert J. The Movement for International Copyright in Nineteenth Century America. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1960.
Khan, B. Zorina. The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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1890

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The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library: 51st Cong., 1st sess., 1890, H.Rep. 10881.

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Places referred to
Albany
America
Argentina
Austria
Baden
Baltimore
Bavaria
Belgium
Bloomington, Indiana
Bolivia
Boston, Massachusetts
Brazil
Brooklyn
Buffalo, New York
Chicago
Chile
Cleveland
Colombia
Columbus, Ohio
Denmark
Denver, Colorado
Detroit
Ecuador
England
Europe
France
Frankfurt
Germany
Great Britain
Guatemala
Haiti
Hessen
Holland
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Indianapolis
Italy
Japan
Kansas
Liberia
Luxembourg
Maryland
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mexico
Minnesota
Missouri
Monaco
Montevideo
Nebraska
New York
Norway
Ohio
Paraguay
Peru
Philadelphia
Portugal
Romania
Russia
St Louis, Missouri
Salvador
San Francisco
Saxony
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tunis
Uruguay
Venezuela
Washington
Wisconsin
Württemberg

Places referred to in commentary
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Legislation referred to
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Ann. c. 19
Connecticut Copyright Statute 1783
Massachusetts Copyright Statute 1783
Virginia Copyright Statute 1785
New York Copyright Statute 1786
U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789
U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436
Austrian Copyright Act 1846
Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851
Franco-Spanish Copyright Treaty 1853
French Literary and Artistic Property Act 1854
Russian Council of State decree (1857), extending duration of p.m.a. term
Franco-Russian Copyright Treaty 1861
Franco-Prussian Copyright Treaty 1862
Franco-Bavarian Copyright Treaty 1865
Franco-Saxonian Copyright Treaty 1865
Italian Copyright Act 1865
Copyright Act for the German Empire 1870
Norwegian law for the protection of literary property 1876
Spanish Copyright Act (10 January 1879)
Franco-German Copyright Treaty 1883
Swiss Copyright Act 1884
Berne Convention 1886
International Copyright Act, 1886, 49 & 50 Vict., c.33
Montevideo International Copyright Convention 1889
Belgian copyright legislation
Dutch copyright legislation
Swedish copyright legislation

Legislation referred to in commentary
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Cases referred to
Eyre v. Walker (1735) NA, c.11 1520/29
Motte v. Faulkner (1735) NA, c.11 2249/4
Tonson v. Walker (1752) NA, c.11 1106/18, 3 Swans 672
Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303
Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129
Wheaton v. Peters (1834) 33 U.S. 591

Cases referred to in commentary
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Institutions referred to
American International Copyright Association (est. 1837)
American Newspaper Publishers' Association
American Publishers' Copyright League
Appleton & Co., American publishing firm
Charles Scribner & Co., American publishing firm
Chicago Copyright League
Court of King's Bench
G. P. Putnam & Sons, American publishing firm (est.1866)
Harper & Brothers, American publishing firm (est.1833)
Indiana University, Bloomington
International Typographical Union (1852-1986)
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Kentucky State University
Lawrence University, Appleton (Wisconsin)
National Educational Association (NEA), U.S.A.
Ohio State University
Otterbein College, Ohio
Parliament
Princeton University
Rutgers College, New Jersey
Star Chamber
Tulane University, New Orleans
U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
United Typothetae of America (UTA)
University of California, Berkeley
University of Dakota
University of Denver
University of Georgia, Athens
University of Mississippi, Oxford
University of Missouri, Columbia
University of Rochester, New York
Vanderbilt University, Nashville
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie (New York)
Wesleyan University, Middletown (Connecticut)

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Key words
Anglo-American
authors' remuneration
book market
common law copyright
constitution, US
foreign reprints
incentives
international agreements, Berne Convention
international agreements, bilateral
labour theory
learning, the advancement of
libraries
lobbying
manuscript
monopoly
natural rights
newspapers
perpetual protection
property theory, authors' property
public good
reciprocity
reputation
societies, authors'
societies, copyright
societies, publishers'
universities

Responsible editor
Oren Bracha




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