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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 Hampshire Copyright Statute, New Hampshire (1783) Source: British Library, A.S.N.81.: The Perpetual Laws of the State of New Hampshire (Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 1789) 161-162. Citation: New Hampshire Copyright Statute (1783), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1783g Full title An Act for the encouragement of literature and genius, and for 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. 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 Hampshire Year 1783 Language English Source British Library, A.S.N.81.: The Perpetual Laws of the State of New Hampshire (Portsmouth, New Hampshire: 1789) 161-162. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to New Hampshire 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 N/A Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration books, protected subject matter duration incentives labour theory learning, the advancement of natural rights utilitarianism states, US 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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