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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:  | | William Billings' Printing Privilege, Massachusetts (1772) Source: Massachusetts Archives, LVIII, 600. Citation: William Billings' Printing Privilege (1772), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1772b Full title William Billings' Printing Privilege Full title original language N/A Abstract A bill drafted by the Massachusetts colonial legislature in response to a petition by William Billings. The bill conferred on Billings the exclusive right of printing and selling his book of tunes for seven years. The bill which is the earliest known expression of intent by a legislature in the North American British colonies to grant an author exclusive printing rights in his work was vetoed by the governor and never passed. Bibliography Buechner, Alan C. "Review of William Billings of Boston: Eighteenth Century Composer by David P. McKay and Richard Crawford." Notes 33. 2nd Ser. (1976): 284-6. Crawford, Richard and David P. McKay. William Billings of Boston: Eighteenth Century Composer. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1975. Silver, Rollo G. "Prologue to Copyright in America: 1772." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia 11 (1958): 259. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Massachusetts Year 1772 Language English Source Massachusetts Archives, LVIII, 600. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Billings, William (1746-1800) George III (1738-1820) Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Boston, Massachusetts Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Massachussets Governor's Council Massachusetts House of Representatives Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration music, protected subject matter music publishing penalties, paid to author(s) privileges, printing Responsible editor Oren Bracha 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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