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Becket (1774) (uk_1774) the law lords were in disagreement with the majority of common law judges invited to speak to the issue for the consideration of the House. In the course of their opinions, two of the law lords (Lord Brougham and Lord St Leonards) explicitly reject the concept of copyright at common law. Rather than a natural authorial property right, they present copyright as a purely statutory phenomenon specifically grounded in public interest concerns. Ultimately, the Lords decided that a foreign national, resident abroad, but first publishing in Britain, enjoys no protection in his work under British copyright law. Bibliography Barnes, J.J., Authors, Publishers and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement 1815-1854 (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974) Clark, A.J., The Movement for International Copyright in Nineteenth Century America (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1973) Deazley, R., Rethinking Copyright: History, Theory, Language (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Press, 2006) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1854 Language English Source Squire Law Library, Cambridge University Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) Alderson, Edward Hall (1787-1857) Ashurst, William (1725-1807) Atticus, Titus Pomponius (110 B.C.-32 B.C.) Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) Bolingbroke Boosey, Thomas (1794/95-1871) Bovill, Sir William (1814-1873) Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) Byles, Sir John Barnard (1801-1884) Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824) Caroline Charles II (1630-1685) Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.) Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634) Coleridge, John Taylor (1790-1876) Crompton, Charles John (1797-1865) Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron (1750-1818) Erle, William (1793-1880) Jefferys, C. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Edward (1796-1880) Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron (1732-1802) Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl (1705-1793) Maule, William Henry (1788-1858) Milton, John (1608-1674) Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord (1714-1799) Murray Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Parke, James, 1st Baron Wensleydale (1782-1868) Platt, Sir Thomas Joshua (1788/90-1862) Pollock, Jonathan Frederick (1783-1870) Quain, Sir John Richard (1816-1876) Raymond, Mr. Richard I, Coeur de Lion (1157-1199) Ricordi, Giovanni (1785-1853) Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth (1790-1868) Rousseau, Jean Jacques (1712-1778) Scarlett, James (1769-1844) Shadwell, Lancelot (1779-1850) Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards (1781-1875) Tenterden, Charles Abbott, 1st Baron (1762-1832) Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron (1731-1806) Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778) Wightman, William (1785-1863) Wilde, Thomas, 1st Baron Truro (1782-1855) William III (1650-1702) Williams, Edward Vaughan (1797-1875) Wood, William Page, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801-1881) Yates, Joseph (1722-1770) Persons referred to in commentary Alderson, Edward Hall (1787-1857) Aston, Richard (1717-1778) Auber, Daniel François Esprit (1782-1871) Bancroft, George (1800-1891) Bayley, Sir John (1763-1841) Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835) Boosey, Thomas (1794/95-1871) Brettell, T. (fl.1831-1838) Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell (1779-1861) Carey, Henry Charles (1793-1879) Chappell, William (1809-1888) Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of (1800-1870) Clark, Charles (fl.1866) Coleridge, John Taylor (1790-1876) Crampton, Sir John Fiennes Twistleton (1805-1886) Cresswell, Sir Cresswell (1794-1863) Crompton, Charles John (1797-1865) d'Almaine, Thomas (c.1784-1866) Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Erle, William (1793-1880) Everett, Edward (1794-1865) Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874) Grote, George (1794-1871) Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864) Irving, Washington (1783-1859) Jervis, John (1802-1856) Kalkbrenner, Friedrich (1785-1849) Labitzky, Joseph (1802-1881) Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de (1790-1869) Leverson, Montague Richard (1830-1925) Lytton, Edward George Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron (1803-1873) Malmesbury, James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of (1807-1889) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl (1705-1793) Maule, William Henry (1788-1858) Parke, James, 1st Baron Wensleydale (1782-1868) Patteson, John (1790-1861) Pelletier, Pierre Joseph (1788-1842) Pollock, Jonathan Frederick (1783-1870) Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859) Ricordi, Giovanni (1785-1853) Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth (1790-1868) Scarlett, James (1769-1844) Ségur, Philippe Paul (1780-1873) Shadwell, Lancelot (1779-1850) Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards (1781-1875) Talfourd, Thomas Noon (1795-1854) Thomson, Charles Poulett, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799-1841) Twiss, Horace (1787-1849) Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Wightman, William (1785-1863) Willes, Edward (c.1723-1787) Willis, Nathaniel Parker (1806-1867) Williams, Edward Vaughan (1797-1875) Wood, William Page, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801-1881) Places referred to America Austria Calais Courtrai Dover England France Ipswich Lausanne London Middlesex Milan Netherlands Norwich Paris Wales Yorkshire Places referred to in commentary America England France Germany Great Britain Italy London Milan Paris Legislation referred to Aliens Act, 1483, 1 Ric.III, c.9 Printers and Binders Act, 1533, Hen.VIII, c.15 Statute of Monopolies, 1624, 21 Jac.I, c.3 Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33 Licensing of the Press Act, 1664, 16 Cha.II, c.8 Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13 Importation Act, 1739, 12 Geo.II, c.36 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1766, 7 Geo.III, c.38 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1777, 17 Geo.III, c.57 Copyright Act, 1801, 41 Geo.III, c.107 Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436 Dramatic Literary Property Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.15 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 International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12 Legislation referred to in commentary Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33 Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Copyright Act, 1801, 41 Geo.III, c.107 Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436 International Copyright Act, 1838, 1 & 2 Vict., c.59 International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851 International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12 U.S. International Copyright Act, 1891 (Chace Act) Cases referred to Tuerloote v. Morrison (1611) 1 Bulstr. 134; Yelv. 198 Roper v. Streater (1672) Bac. Abr. 6th ed., Vol.IV, 209 Stationers' Company v. Seymour (1677) 1 Mod. 256 Duke of Queensbury v. Shebbeare (1758) 2 Eden 329 Tonson v. Collins (1761) 1 Black W. 301 Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Hinton v. Donaldson (1773) Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129 Bach v. Longman (1777) 2 Cowp. 623 Hunter v. Potts (1791) 4 T.R. 182 Beckford v. Hood (1798) 7 Term. Rep. 620 University of Cambridge v. Bryer (1812) 16 East's 317 Power v. Walker (1814) 3 M. & S. 7 White v. Geroch (1819) 2 B. & Ald. 298 Clementi v. Walker (1824) 2 B. & C. 861 Delondre v. Shaw (1828) 2 Sim. 237 Guichard v. Mori (1831) 9 Law J. Ch. 227 Wells v. Porter (1831) 3 Scott 141; 2 Hodges 78 Page v. Townsend (1832) 5 Sim. 395 Wheaton v. Peters (1834) 33 U.S. 591 D'Almaine v. Boosey (1835) 1 Y. & C. 288 Don v. Lippmann (1837) 5 Clark & F 1 Pisani v. Lawson (1838) 8 Sc. 182; 6 Bing. N.C. 90; 8 Dowl. P.C. 57 Bentley v. Foster (1839) 10 Sim. 329 The Sussex Peerage Case (1844) 11 Clark & F. 136 Chappell v. Purday (1845) 14 M. & W. 303 Cocks v. Purday (1846) 2 Car. & K. 269 Boosey v. Davidson (1847) 18 Law Journ. Q.B. 174; 13 Q.B. Rep. 257 Boozey v. Tolkien (1848) 5 CB 476 Beard v. Egerton (1849) 3 Com. Ben. Rep. 97 Boosey v. Purday (1849) 4 Ex Rep 145 Prince Albert v. Strange (1849), 1 Hall & T., 18 L.J. Ch. 120 Ollendorf v. Black (1851) 20 Law J. Ch. 165 Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854) 4 HLC 815 Anonymous 1 Siderf. 171 Arnold v. Arnold 2 Myl. & Cr. 256 Attorney General v. Forbes 2 Clark & F. 48 Bentley v. Northhouse M. & M. 66 Davidson v. Bohn, 18, L.J. C.P. 15 De la Chaumette v. The Bank of England 2 Barn. & Ad. 385 Edgebery v. Stephens 2 Salk 447 Elsworth v. Cole 2 M. & W. 31 Milne v. Graham 1 B. & C. 192 The Ipswich Case Godb. 252 Thomas v. Advocate General 12 Clark & F. 1 Cases referred to in commentary Bach v. Longman (1777) 2 Cowp. 623 Beckford v. Hood (1798) 7 D. & E. 620 University of Cambridge v. Bryer (1812) 16 East's 317 Power v. Walker (1814) 3 M. & S. 7 Clementi v. Walker (1824) 2 B. & C. 861 Delondre v. Shaw (1828) 2 Sim. 237 Guichard v. Mori (1831) 2 Coopers 216 Page v. Townsend (1832) 5 Sim. 395 Wheaton v. Peters (1834) 33 U.S. 591 D'Almaine v. Boosey (1835) 1 Y. & C. 288 Chappell v. Purday (1841) 4 Y. & C. 485 Chappell v. Purday (1843) 12 M. & W. 303 Chappell v. Purday (1845) 14 M. & W. 303 Cocks v. Purday (1846) 2 Car. & K. 269 Boosey v. Davidson (1847) The Times, 22 June 1847 Boozey v. Tolkien (1848) 5 CB 476 Fellowes v. Chapman (1848) The Times, 8 December 1848 Cocks v. Lonsdale (1849) The Times, 29 March 1849 Boosey v. Purday (1849) 4 Ex Rep 145 Boosey v. Jeffreys (1851) 6 Ex Rep 580 Buxton v. James (1851) 5 DeG. & S. 80 Novello v. Sudlow (1852) 12 CBR 177 Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854) 4 HLC 815 Institutions referred to Chapel Royal Court of Common Pleas Court of Exchequer, England Court of High Commission Court of King's Bench Court of Queen's Bench Star Chamber Stationers' Company Stationers' Hall Institutions referred to in commentary Board of Trade House of Commons House of Lords Key words Anglo-American book trade common law copyright foreign reprints music publishing 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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