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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:  | | Rhode Island Copyright Statute, Rhode Island (1783) Source: Rhode Island State Archives C#00210 # 105: Acts and Resolves of the Rhode Island General Assembly 23: 6-7. Citation: Rhode Island Copyright Statute (1783), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1783h Full title An Act for the purpose of securing to authors the exclusive right and benefit of publishing 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 Rhode Island Year 1783 Language English Source Rhode Island State Archives C#00210 # 105: Acts and Resolves of the Rhode Island General Assembly 23: 6-7. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bowen, Jabez (1739-1815) Greene, William (1731-1809) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to America East Greenwich, Rhode Island Rhode Island Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island General Assembly Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration duration incentives labour theory learning, the advancement of natural rights penalties, paid to author(s) utilitarianism 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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