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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Defoe's Essay on the Press, London (1704) Source: National Editor's personal collection: Facsimile Edition, (Oxford: Luttrell Society, 1947) Citation: Defoe's Essay on the Press (1704), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1704 Full title An Essay on the Regulation of the Press Full title original language N/A Abstract Treatise in which Daniel Defoe sets out his arguments concerning the importance of maintaining a free press, as well as the need to provide for a statutory protection to prevent the 'press-piracy' of published books. Defoe sets out various public interest arguments concerning the encouragement of learning, industry and the arts, in support of his case for the introduction of copyright legislation. The commentary describes part of the background to the passing of the Statute of Anne 1710 (uk_1710), in particular: the various unsuccessful attempts to reintroduce an alternative to the Licensing Act 1662 (uk_1662); Defoe's public writing on the need for, and social value of, copyright protection; and the influence of his writings in providing the Company of Stationers with a new rhetorical strategy with which to lobby parliament and secure the passing of the Statute of Anne. Bibliography Downie, J.A., Robert Harley and the Press: Propaganda and Public Opinion in the Age of Swift and Defoe (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978) Feather, J., "The Book Trade in Politics: The Making of the Copyright Act of 1710", Publishing History, 8 (1980): 19-44 Rose, M., Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright (London: Harvard University Press, 1993) Related documents in this database Author Daniel Defoe Publisher N/A Location London Year 1704 Language English Source National Editor's personal collection: Facsimile Edition, (Oxford: Luttrell Society, 1947) Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Anderton, William (d.1693) Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.) Athanasius, St (c.296-317) Augustine, St (354-430) Baxter, Richard (1615-1691) Charles II (1630-1685) Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.) Coward, William (c.1656-1725) Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731) Epictetus (fl.90) Filmer, Sir Robert (c.1590-1653) Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.) James I (1566-1625) Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.) Louis XIV (1638-1715) Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.) Plato (c.428 B.C.-c.348 B.C.) Plutarch (c.46-c.120) Richelieu, Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de (1585-1642) Sidney, Algernon (c.1622-1683) Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.) William III (1650-1702) Persons referred to in commentary Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Anne (1665-1714) Bragg, Benjamin (fl.1704) Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731) Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724) How, John (c.1657-1719) Hyde, Laurence, 1st Earl of Rochester (1641-1711) Locke, John (1632-1704) Seymour, Sir Edward (1633-1708) Tutchin, John (1660/64-1707) William III (1650-1702) Places referred to England Europe France Places referred to in commentary London Newgate Westminster Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33 Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Church of England Parliament Royal Academy Institutions referred to in commentary Church of England House of Commons House of Lords Stationers' Company Key words abridgements authenticity censorship interest groups learning, the advancement of moral rights, integrity piracy property analogies public good reprints Stationers' Company Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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