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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:  | | International Copyright Act, London (1844) Source: Durham University Library Citation: International Copyright Act (1844), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1844 Full title International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 Full title original language N/A Abstract Legislation replacing the International Copyright Act 1838 (uk_1838) and providing that the British monarch could, by Order in Council, grant to foreign authors both copyright protection for works of literature, drama, music and art, as well as performance rights for dramatic pieces and musical compositions. This Act addressed perceived inadequacies of the International Copyright Act 1838 (uk_1838) by expanding upon both the subject-matter and the nature of the rights that might be included in a reciprocal copyright arrangement with a foreign state. It also specifically linked the protections that foreign authors would enjoy within Britain to existing domestic copyright legislation. Following this legislation Britain successfully negotiated a series of bilateral international copyright treaties the first of which was concluded with Prussia in May 1846. The commentary locates the Act within existing legislative provisions designed to address the problem of the market for cheap foreign imports of British books. It suggests that, regardless of the existence of stringent measures targeting unlawful foreign imports, the British government regarded a system of international copyright protection as integral in both addressing the import issue and in fostering a more secure overseas market in the interests of the British book trade. Bibliography Barnes, J.J., Authors, Publishers and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement 1815-1854 (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974) Seville, C., Literary Copyright Reform in Early Victorian England: The Framing of the 1842 Copyright Act (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) Sherman, B., and Bently, L., The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1844 Language English Source Durham University Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to George II (1683-1760) George III (1738-1820) Hogarth, Jane (c.1709-1789) Victoria (1819-1901) William IV (1765-1837) Persons referred to in commentary Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898) Hallam, Henry (1777-1859) James, George Payne Rainsford (1801-1860) Lingard, John (1771-1851) Milman, Rev. Henry Hart (1791-1868) Murray, John, III (1808-1892) Peel, Sir Robert (1788-1850) Southey, Robert (1774-1843) Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875) Talfourd, Thomas Noon (1795-1854) Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) Places referred to London Places referred to in commentary Belgium Braunschweig England France Germany Great Britain Hamburg Hanover Hessen Ireland Isle of Man Italy London Oldenburg Prussia Sardinia Saxony Scotland Spain Thuringia Legislation referred to Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1766, 7 Geo.III, c.38 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1777, 17 Geo.III, c.57 Models and Busts Act, 1798, 38 Geo.III, c.71 Sculpture Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.56 Dramatic Literary Property Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.15 Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act, 1836, 6 & 7 Will.IV, c.59 International Copyright Act, 1838, 1 & 2 Vict., c.59 Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Importation Act, 1739, 12 Geo.II, c.36 Act for repealing the duties on paper, pasteboard, milleboard, scaleboard, and glazed paper; and for granting other duties in lieu thereof, 1794, 34 Geo.III., c.20 Act of Union, 1800, 40 Geo.III, c.38 Copyright Act, 1801, 41 Geo.III, c.107 Sculpture Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.56 Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 Customs Act, 1825, 6 Geo.IV, c.107 Dramatic Literary Property Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.15 Customs Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.52 Prussian Copyright Act 1837 International Copyright Act, 1838, 1 & 2 Vict., c.59 Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 Customs Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.47 International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 Act to reduce, under certain Circumstances, the Duties payable upon Books and Engravings, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.73 Customs Act, 1845, 8 & 9 Vict., c.93 Anglo-Prussian Copyright Treaty 1846 Anglo-Saxonian Copyright Treaty 1846 Copyright Treaty between Britain and Hamburg 1853 Anglo-Belgian Copyright Treaty 1854 Anglo-Sardinian Copyright Treaty 1860 Anglo-Spanish Copyright Treaty 1880 Anglo-German Copyright Treaty 1886 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to British Museum House of Commons House of Lords Parliament Privy Council Stationers' Company Stationers' Hall Institutions referred to in commentary Board of Customs Board of Trade Foreign Office, London Freemasons' Tavern, London Key words anonymous works books, protected subject matter deposit drawings, protected subject matter engravings, protected subject matter foreign reprints importation maps, protected subject matter music, protected subject matter public performance reciprocity registration sculpture, protected subject matter Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. 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