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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:  | | Andrew Law's Petition, (1781) Source: Connecticut State Library, Manuscript (Colleges and Schools, 1661-1789), Series I, Vol. II, Document 147. Citation: Andrew Law's Petition (1781), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: us_1781 Full title Andrew Law's Petition for Legislative Privilege from the State of Connecticut Full title original language N/A Abstract A petition by the musician Andrew Law for an exclusive printing privilege in his book of tunes. The petition was granted by the Connecticut legislature that passed an act awarding Law exclusive printing rights in various tunes for the term of five years. The act is considered the first author's copyright in America. The commentary describes the grant and the circumstances surrounding it. It explains that Law's grant and many of the other individual grants of the states during the first two decades of the Republic were a transitory stage between the traditional publisher"s privilege and the modern author's copyright regime. Bibliography Bugbee, Bruce W. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Public Affairs Press: Washington D.C., 1967. Lowens, Irving. "Copyright and Andrew Law." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 53 (1959) 150-159. ____, "Andrew Law and the Pirates." Journal of American Musicological Society 13 (1960) 206-223. Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years. Oxford University Press: New York and Oxford, 1988. Related documents in this database Author Andrew Law Publisher N/A Location N/A Year 1781 Language English Source Connecticut State Library, Manuscript (Colleges and Schools, 1661-1789), Series I, Vol. II, Document 147. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Law, Andrew (1749-1821) Persons referred to in commentary Adgate, Andrew (d.1793) Allen, Joel (b.1755) Barlow, Joel (1754-1812) Bayley, Daniel (1729-1799) Billings, William (1746-1800) Blodgett, William (1754-1809) Cook, James (1728-1779) Dawkins, Henry (fl.1753-1786) Hawkesworth, John (c.1715-1773) Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780) Law, Andrew (1749-1821) Law, Jonathan (1674-1750) Law, William (fl.1781-1796) Ledyard, John (1751-1789) Lyon, James (1735-1794) Norman, John (1748-1817) Patten, Nathaniel (1752-1834) Purcell, Joseph (fl.1786-1792) Ross, Robert (1726-1799) Stickney, John (1742-1826) Thomas, Isaiah (1749-1831) Webster, Noah (1758-1843) Places referred to Cheshire, Connecticut England Hartford, Connecticut Milford, Connecticut New Haven, Connecticut Places referred to in commentary America Connecticut England Maryland Massachusetts New York Newburyport, Massachusetts Pennsylvania Philadelphia South Carolina Vermont 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 Connecticut General Assembly Institutions referred to in commentary Dartmouth College Royal Navy Key words authors' remuneration compilation copying, concept of counterfeit duration music publishing penalties, paid to fiscal authorities privileges, printing states, US utility 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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