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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:  | | Publication of Lectures Act, London (1835) Source: Durham University Library Citation: Publication of Lectures Act (1835), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1835 Full title Publication of Lectures Act, 1835, 5 & 6 Will.IV, c.65 Full title original language N/A Abstract Legislation conferring the exclusive right of printing and publishing certain lectures for the same term of protection provided by the existing copyright legislation. This was the first occasion on which the legislature extended copyright protection to works in oral form. The legislation is of interest in terms of the distinction it draws between lectures delivered within the 'public' and the 'private' spheres (lectures delivered at a University, for example, are not protected), in terms of articulating the nature of the relationship between a speaker and his audience, and in specifically clarifying that newspapers are similarly prohibited from reporting protected lectures. The commentary explores the background to the passing of the Act, and in particular the role that Henry Brougham played in proposing and securing the same. Bibliography Seville, C., Literary Copyright Reform in Early Victorian England: The Framing of the 1842 Copyright Act (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) Stewart, R., Henry Brougham, His Public Career 1778-1868 (London: The Bodley Head, 1986) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1835 Language English Source Durham University Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to George III (1738-1820) William IV (1765-1837) Persons referred to in commentary Abernethy, John (1764-1831) Barnes, Thomas (1785-1841) Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) Caird, John (1820-1898) Copinger, Walter Arthur (1847-1910) Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of (1751-1838) FitzGerald, John David (1816-1889) Hall, Frederick James (fl.1851) Kay, Edward Ebenezer (1822-1897) McCulloch, John Ramsay (1789-1864) Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount (1779-1848) Quin, James (1693-1766) Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878) Spring Rice, Thomas (1790-1866) Stuart, James (1768-1842) Twells, Philip (1808-1880) Wakley, Thomas (1795-1862) Warburton, Henry (1784-1858) Wetherell, Sir Charles (1770-1846) Yates, Joseph (1722-1770) Places referred to Westminster Places referred to in commentary Finsbury Glasgow Legislation referred to Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 Publication of Lectures Act, 1835, 5 & 6 Will.IV, c.65 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Publication of Lectures Act, 1835, 5 & 6 Will.IV, c.65 Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Abernethy v. Hutchinson (1825) 1 H. & TW. 28 Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854) 4 HLC 815 Nicols v. Pitman (1884) 26 ChD 374 Caird v. Sime (1887) LR 12 AC 326 Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary Court of Chancery, England House of Commons House of Lords St Bartholomew's Hospital University of Glasgow Key words newspapers oral works, protected subject matter penalties public good universities 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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