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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:  | | Massachusetts Copyright Statute, Massachusetts (1783) Source: The University of Texas School of Law Library Tarlton Law Library, United States Mass 20 Ad17: The perpetual laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1789), 369-370. Citation: Massachusetts Copyright Statute (1783), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1783d Full title An Act for the purpose of securing to authors the exclusive right and benefit of publishing their literary productions for twenty-one years Full title original language N/A Abstract One of the general copyright statutes protecting authors legislated by twelve out of the thirteen states in the 1780s. Bibliography Bugbee, Bruce Willis. The Genesis of American Patent and Copyright Law. Washington D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1967. Coleman, Earle Edson. "Copyright Deposit at Harvard." Harvard Library Bulletin 10 (1956): 135-41. 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 Massachusetts Year 1783 Language English Source The University of Texas School of Law Library Tarlton Law Library, United States Mass 20 Ad17: The perpetual laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Boston: Printed by Adams and Nourse, 1789), 369-370. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to America Cambridge, Massachusetts Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Massachusetts Copyright Statute 1783 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Harvard University Library Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts Senate Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words books, protected subject matter deposit duration incentives inheritability learning, the advancement of natural rights penalties, paid to author(s) reciprocity utilitarianism 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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