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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 (1842) Source: Durham University Library Citation: Copyright Act (1842), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1842 Full title Copyright Law Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 Full title original language N/A Abstract The Act providing authors with the first post-mortem term of copyright protection. The term of copyright was to last either for the life of the author plus seven years after his or her death, or for forty-two years from the first publication of the same (whichever was longer). The commentary briefly discusses Thomas Noon Talfourd's repeated attempts to secure such legislation between 1837 and 1841, the opposition he experienced thereto (including Thomas Babington Macaulay's famous speech in the House of Commons on 5 February 1841 against extending the copyright term), and the success which Lord Mahon had in finally securing the Act in 1842. Bibliography Foot, M.R.D., & Matthew, H.C.G., eds, The Gladstone Diaries, vol.III (1840-47) (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974) 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 1842 Language English Source Durham University Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Anne (1665-1714) George III (1738-1820) Victoria (1819-1901) William IV (1765-1837) Persons referred to in commentary Boswell, James (1740-1795) Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898) Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859) Peel, Sir Robert (1788-1850) Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761) Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875) Talfourd, Thomas Noon (1795-1854) Wakley, Thomas (1795-1862) Warburton, Henry (1784-1858) Places referred to East Indies Great Britain Guernsey Ireland Jersey Scotland West Indies Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 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 Legislation referred to in commentary Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 Dramatic Literary Property Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.15 Library Deposit Act, 1836, 6 & 7 Will.IV, c.110 Copyright Act, 1911, 1 & 2 Geo.V, c.46 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Bodleian Library, Oxford British Museum Cambridge University Library Court of Common Pleas Court of Queen's Bench Eton College Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh Parliament Stationers' Company Stationers' Hall Trinity College, Dublin University and King's College of Aberdeen University of Cambridge University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow University of Oxford University of St Andrews Westminster School Winchester College Institutions referred to in commentary British Museum Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh Privy Council Royal Commission on Copyright Trinity College, Dublin University of Cambridge University of Oxford Key words author/publisher relations books, protected subject matter commissions deposit dramatic works, protected subject matter dramatico-musical works, protected subject matter duration, post mortem term engravings, protected subject matter foreign reprints importation inheritability libraries maps, protected subject matter music, protected subject matter new editions oral works, protected subject matter penalties posthumous works public performance registration Stationers' Company transferability translations, protection of 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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