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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:  | | Burnet v. Chetwood, London (1721) Source: Lincolns Inn Library: Merivale, J.H., Chancery Reports, 3 Vols. (London: Butterworth, 1817-1819), 2: 441 Citation: Burnet v. Chetwood (1721), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1721 Full title Burnet v. Chetwood (1721) 2 Mer. 441 Full title original language N/A Abstract Chancery case concerning the publication of a translation of a work protected under the Statute of Anne 1710. The decision established that the reproduction of works in translation was not unlawful under the 1710 Act. The decision is also significant, however, in relation to the court's inherent jurisdiction concerning the publication of works on grounds of public policy. Drawing upon material in the National Archives the commentary explores the background to and substance of the decision as well as its relationship with current judicial practices in refusing the court's protection to copyright protected materials on the grounds that the content of the work is, for example, obscene, sexually immoral, defamatory, blasphemous or irreligious. Bibliography Deazley, R., On the Origin of the Right to Copy: Charting the Movement of Copyright Law in Eighteenth Century Britain (1695-1775) (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2004) Saunders, D., "Copyright, Obscenity and Literary History", Journal of English Literary History, 57 (1990): 431-44 Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1721 Language English Source Lincolns Inn Library: Merivale, J.H., Chancery Reports, 3 Vols. (London: Butterworth, 1817-1819), 2: 441 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Blount, Charles (1654-1693) Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715) Chetwood, William (d.1766) Kettleby, Walter (fl.1695) Parker, Thomas (1667-1732) Roussillion, Gabriel (fl.1721) Wilkinson, Francis (fl.1721) Persons referred to in commentary Anne (1665-1714) Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715) Chetwood, William (d.1766) Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of (1751-1838) Franklin, Richard (d.1765) Merivale, John (1779-1844) Nutt, John (fl.1698-1710) Parker, Thomas (1667-1732) Southey, Robert (1774-1843) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12 Copyright Act, 1911, 1 & 2 Geo.V, c.46 Cases referred to Burnet v. Chetwood (1721) 2 Mer. 441 Cases referred to in commentary Nutt v. Gibson (1714) NA, c.11 1965/21 Burnet v. Chetwood (1721) 2 Mer. 441 Pope v. Curl (1741) 2 Atk. 342 Walcot v. Walker (1803) 7 Ves. 1 Southey v. Sherwood (1817) 2 Mer. 435 Lawrence v. Smith (1822) Jacob 471 Murray v. Benbow (1822) The Times 2 Feb. 1822 Murray v. Dugdale (1823) The Times 22 July 1823 Stockdale v. Onwhyn (1826) 5 B&C 174 Norton v. Churton (1835) The Times 16 July 1835 Glynn v. Weston Feature Films [1916] 1 Ch 261 Institutions referred to Fleet Prison, London Stationers' Company Institutions referred to in commentary Court of Chancery Stationers' Company Key words authorship, theory of derivatives immoral works moral rights, integrity translation, right of translations, of contemporary works unpublished works 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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