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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:  | | Connecticut Copyright Statute, Connecticut (1783) Source: The University of Texas School of Law Library Tarlton Law Library, KFC 3630 1784 A2132: Acts and laws of the State of Connecticut in America, New London, Connecticut: T. Green, printer to the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut, 1784, 133. Citation: Connecticut Copyright Statute (1783), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: us_1783a Full title An Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius Full title original language N/A Abstract The first general copyright statute to be enacted in the American states. Copyright Statutes that created general copyright regimes on the state level were passed in twelve out of thirteen of the states between 1783 and 1786. The states' copyright enactments were the result of local lobbying by various authors and their political allies, and of a resolution by the Continental Congress recommending such state legislation. They mark a rising interest in the United States in copyright protection and an ideological reorientation toward authors' rights and interests. The commentary describes the lobbying process on the state and national level, the emergence of an articulated ideology of authors' copyright based on natural rights and utilitarian justifications, and the main institutional features of copyright under the state statutes. Bibliography Bugbee, Bruce Willis. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Washington D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1967. Crawford, Francine. "Pre-Constitutional Copyright Statutes." Bull. Copyright Soc. 23 (1975): 11-37. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Connecticut Year 1783 Language English Source The University of Texas School of Law Library Tarlton Law Library, KFC 3630 1784 A2132: Acts and laws of the State of Connecticut in America, New London, Connecticut: T. Green, printer to the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut, 1784, 133. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary Barlow, Joel (1754-1812) Belknap, Jeremy (1744-1798) Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821) Canfield, John (1740-1786) Dilworth, Rev. Thomas (d.1780) Dwight, Timothy (1752-1817) Ledyard, John (1751-1789) Livingston, William (1723-1790) Paine, Thomas (1737-1809) Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François (1711-1796) Smith, Samuel Stanhope (1751-1819) Webster, Noah (1758-1843) Places referred to Connecticut Places referred to in commentary America Annapolis, Maryland Connecticut Delaware Georgia Hartford, Connecticut London Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia Legislation referred to Connecticut Copyright Statute 1783 Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Connecticut Copyright Statute 1783 Maryland Literary Property Statute 1783 Massachusetts Copyright Statute 1783 New Hampshire Copyright Statute 1783 New Jersey Copyright Statute 1783 Rhode Island Copyright Statute 1783 Pennsylvania Copyright Statute 1784 South Carolina Copyright Statute 1784 North Carolina Literary Property Statute 1785 Virginia Copyright Statute 1785 Georgia Copyright Statute 1786 New York Copyright Statute 1786 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Connecticut General Assembly Connecticut Supreme Court Institutions referred to in commentary College of New Jersey Continental Congress (1774-1789) Princeton University Stationers' Company Yale College Key words books, protected subject matter duration incentives learning, the advancement of lobbying maps, protected subject matter natural rights penalties, paid to author(s) registration utility states, US 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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