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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:  | | New Jersey Copyright Statute, New Jersey (1783) Source: British Library, A.S.N.116: Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (Trenton: Peter Wilson, 1784) 325-326. Citation: New Jersey Copyright Statute (1783), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1783f Full title An Act for the promotion and encouragement of literature, 1783 N.J. Acts 325 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. 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 New Jersey Year 1783 Language English Source British Library, A.S.N.116: Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey (Trenton: Peter Wilson, 1784) 325-326. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Livingston, William (1723-1790) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to New Jersey 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 New Jersey General Assembly New Jersey Legislative Council Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration books, protected subject matter duration incentives inheritability learning, the advancement of natural rights penalties, paid to author(s) registration states, US transferability Responsible editor Oren Bracha Copyright status (c) The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved, Licence No: 8716. Any copyright or database right that subsists in the Work or Reproduction remains the property either of the British Library Board or individual persons. The Work or Reproduction may not be used, sold, licensed, transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in any manner or form or in or on any media to any person without the prior written consent of the British Library. Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). | |||||
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