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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 (1886) Source: Durham University Library Citation: International Copyright Act (1886), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: uk_1886 Full title International Copyright Act, 1886, 49 & 50 Vict., c.33 Full title original language N/A Abstract The Act enabling the British government to become a signatory to the Berne Convention, which Convention came into force on 5 December 1887. The commentary describes the nature and extent of British participation in the three conferences which led to the signing of the Berne Convention, against a backdrop of several unsuccessful attempts to reform and consolidate the British copyright regime, the importance of pursuing meaningful Anglo-American copyright negotiations, and the significance of imperial-colonial copyright relations. The commentary also explores the extent to which the cause of Irish Nationalism, and the case for Home Rule, dominated the political landscape in early 1886, so explaining why the opportunity of adhering to the Berne Convention did not also lead to substantive reform of the domestic copyright regime at this time. Bibliography Bently, L., and Sherman, B., "Great Britain and the Signing of the Berne Convention in 1886", Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA, 48 (2001): 311 Nowell-Smith, S., International Copyright Law and the Publisher in the reign of Queen Victoria (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968) Ricketson, S., The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: 1886-1986 (London: Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, 1987) Seville, C., The Internationalisation of Copyright Law: Books, Buccaneers and the Black Flag in the Nineteenth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1886 Language English Source Durham University Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Victoria (1819-1901) Persons referred to in commentary Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell (1826-1889) Bergne, Sir John Henry Gibbs (1842-1908) Bourke, Robert, Baron Connemara (1827-1902) Bryce, James, 1st Viscount (1838-1922) Calcraft, Sir Henry George (1836-1896) Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 8th Duke (1833-1908) Cecil, Sir Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903) Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914) Daldy, Frederick Richard (fl.1854-1886) Droz, Numa (1844-1899) Farrer, Thomas Henry, 1st Baron Farrer (1819-1899) Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898) Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham (1831-1905) Hugo, Victor (1802-1885) Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of (1818-1887) Jenkyns, Henry (1818-1907) Leveson-Gower, George, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891) Morrison, James Augustus Cotter (1832-1888) Mundella, Anthony John (1825-1897) Parnell, Charles (1846-1891) Pauncefote, Julian, 1st Baron Pauncefote (1828-1902) Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of (1847-1929) Schmidt, Dr Paul (fl.1882) Talfourd, Thomas Noon (1795-1854) Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809-1892) Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich (1818-1883) Underdown, Emanuel Maguire (1831-1913) Victoria (1819-1901) Winchester, Boyd (1836-1923) Places referred to Berne Places referred to in commentary America Argentina Belgium Berne Canada Cape of Good Hope Europe France Germany Great Britain Haiti Honduras India Ireland Italy Liberia London Natal Netherlands New Zealand Newfoundland Norway Paraguay Paris Queensland Rome Southern Australia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tasmania Tunis Victoria (Australia) Legislation referred to Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1766, 7 Geo.III, c.38 Copyright Act, 1775, 15 Geo.III, c.53 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1777, 17 Geo.III, c.57 Sculpture Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.56 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 Copyright Act, 1836, 6 & 7 Will.IV, c.110 Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 Foreign Reprints Act, 1847, 10 & 11 Vict., c.95 Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851 International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12 Fine Art Copyright Act, 1862, 25 & 26 Vict., c.68 International Copyright Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict., c.12 International Copyright Act, 1886, 49 & 50 Vict., c.33 Legislation referred to in commentary Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12 Foreign Reprints Act, 1847, 10 & 11 Vict., c.95 Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851 International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12 Anglo-Belgian Copyright Treaty 1854 Anglo-Sardinian Copyright Treaty 1860 Canadian Copyright Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict., c.53 Anglo-Spanish Copyright Treaty 1880 Anglo-German Copyright Treaty 1886 International Copyright Act, 1886, 49 & 50 Vict., c.33 Copyright Act, 1911, 1 & 2 Geo.V, c.46 Berne Implementation Act, 1988, Pub. L. No.100-568, 100th Congr., 2d Sess., 102 Stat. 2853 (U.S.) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Low v. Routledge (1865-1868) Institutions referred to Parliament Institutions referred to in commentary Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) Association Littéraire Internationale Board of Trade, London Börsenverein (German Publishers' and Booksellers' organisation) Colonial Office, London Copyright Association of Great Britain Foreign Office, London Royal Commission on Copyright Social Democratic Federation (SDF) Society of Authors (U.K.) Stationers' Hall Swiss Federal Council Universal Postal Union Key words Anglo-American books, protected subject matter dramatic works, protected subject matter drawings, protected subject matter engravings, protected subject matter international agreements, Berne Convention music, protected subject matter paintings, protected subject matter photography, protected subject matter public performance reciprocity sculpture, protected subject matter translation, right of translations, protection of Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. 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