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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:  | | Warburton's Letter from an Author, London (1747) Source: University of Birmingham Library: R. Hurd, ed., The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, 12 vols. (London: Cadell & Davies, 1811) Vol.12, 405-416 Citation: Warburton's Letter from an Author (1747), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1747 Full title A Letter from an Author, to a Member of Parliament concerning Literary Property Full title original language N/A Abstract The first of a number of public commentaries contributing to the mid-eighteenth century debate over the nature of literary property (see also: An Enquiry into the Nature of Literary Property (uk_1762a); An Argument in Defence of Literary Property (uk_1774a)). Warburton, a strong proponent of the common law rights of the author, provided the first significant commentary upon the nature and classification of property and its relevance to, and relationship with, an author's work. Part of this commentary discusses Warburton's attempts to articulate a clear conceptual distinction between the claim of an inventor to the protection of a patent provided by the state, and the natural right of an author to the property in his work. 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) Patterson, L.R., Copyright in Historical Perspective (Nashville: Vanderbilt University, 1968) Rose, M., Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright (London: Harvard University Press, 1993) Related documents in this database Author William Warburton Publisher N/A Location London Year 1747 Language English Source University of Birmingham Library: R. Hurd, ed., The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, 12 vols. (London: Cadell & Davies, 1811) Vol.12, 405-416 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Anne (1665-1714) Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.) Hannibal (247 B.C.-182 B.C.) Warburton, William (1698-1779) Persons referred to in commentary Aston, Richard (1717-1778) Gyles, Fletcher (fl.1741) Knapton, John (1696-1770) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl (1705-1793) Osbourne, Thomas (fl.1747) Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) Warburton, William (1698-1779) Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764) 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 N/A Cases referred to Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129 Cases referred to in commentary Pope v. Curl (1741) 2 Atk. 342 Tonson v. Collins (1761) 1 Black W 301 Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Liardet v. Johnson (1778) Morning Post, 23 February 1778 Liardet v. Johnson (1780) 1 Y. & C.C.C. 527. Institutions referred to Court of Chancery Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authorship, legal concept of common law copyright copying, concept of idea/expression imitation inventions lobbying natural rights property theory property theory, authors' property 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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