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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 Privilege, (1781) Source: Connecticut State Library Manuscript (Colleges and Schools, 1661-1789), Series I. Vol. II , Document 148, and The University of Texas School of Law Tarlton Law Library, F99 .C7: Charles J. Hoadly ed., The Public Records of the State of Connecticut (Hartford, 1895) 3: 537-538. Citation: Andrew Law's Privilege (1781), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1781a Full title Connecticut's Printing Privilege to Andrew Law Full title original language N/A Abstract A legislative privilege granted by the Connecticut legislature to the musician Andrew Law for an exclusive printing of his book of tunes. The act is considered the first author's copyright in America. Bibliography Bugbee Bruce W. The Genesis of American Patentand 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 N/A 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 148, and The University of Texas School of Law Tarlton Law Library, F99 .C7: Charles J. Hoadly ed., The Public Records of the State of Connecticut (Hartford, 1895) 3: 537-538. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Law, Andrew (1749-1821) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Cheshire, Connecticut 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 Connecticut General Assembly Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration duration music, protected subject matter penalties, paid to fiscal authorities penalties, paid to publisher(s) privileges, printing states, US transferability 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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