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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:  | | Copyright Act, London (1801) Source: Lincoln's Inn Library Citation: Copyright Act (1801), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1801 Full title An Act for the further Encouragement of Learning, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by securing the Copies and Copyright of printed Books to the Authors of such Books, or their Assigns for the Time herein mentioned, 1801, 41 Geo.III, c.107 Full title original language N/A Abstract Legislation extending the effect of the Statute of Anne 1710 (uk_1710) to Ireland (following the Act of Union 1800 and the unification of Great Britain and Ireland), as well as the first statutory provision to make use of the term 'copyright'. The commentary assesses the substance of the legislation, its relationship with the King's Bench decision of Beckford v. Hood (1798) (uk_1798a), and its impact upon the Irish book trade. Bibliography Cole, R.C., Irish Booksellers and English Writers, 1740-1800 (Kent: Mansell Publishing Ltd., Humanities Press International, Inc., 1986) Ó Ciosáin, N., Print and Popular Culture in Ireland, 1750-1850 (London: Macmillan, 1997) Pollard, M., Dublin's Trade in Books 1550-1800, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989), 223-24. Tebbel, J.W., A History of Book Publishing in the United States, 4 vols (New York & London: R.R. Bowker, 1972-1981) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1801 Language English Source Lincoln's Inn Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to George III (1738-1820) Persons referred to in commentary Burke, Edmund (1729-1797) Carey, Henry Charles (1793-1879) Carey, Mathew (1760-1839) Curran, John Philpot (1750-1817) Edgeworth, Maria (1768-1849) Espinasse, Isaac (1758-1834) Grattan, Henry (1746-1820) Grose, Nash (1740-1814) Moore, Thomas (1779-1852) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816) Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of (1769-1852) Places referred to Dublin England Europe Great Britain Ireland Scotland United Kingdom Places referred to in commentary America Dublin England Great Britain Ireland Philadelphia Legislation referred to Act of Union, 1800, 40 Geo.III, c.38 Copyright Act, 1801, 41 Geo.III, c.107 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Models and Busts Act, 1798, 38 Geo.III, c.71 Act of Union, 1800, 40 Geo.III, c.38 Copyright Act, 1801, 41 Geo.III, c.107 Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 Dramatic Literary Property Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.15 Publication of Lectures Act, 1835, 5 & 6 Will.IV, c.65 Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act, 1836, 6 & 7 Will.IV, c.59 International Copyright Act, 1838, 1 & 2 Vict., c.59 Copyright of Designs Act, 1839, 2 Vict., c.12 Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12 Fine Art Copyright Act, 1862, 25 & 26 Vict., c.68 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129 Beckford v. Hood (1798) 7 D. & E. 620 Institutions referred to Parliament Society of the King's Inns, Dublin Stationers' Company Trinity College, Dublin Institutions referred to in commentary House of Lords Society of the King's Inns, Dublin Stationers' Company Trinity College, Dublin Key words books, protected subject matter customs deposit duration foreign reprints formalities learning, the advancement of penalties, paid to fiscal authorities penalties, paid to publisher(s) privileges, printing registration 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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