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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:  | | Pennsylvania Copyright Statute, Pennsylvania (1784) Source: Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library, Rare Book Collection S Penn14 1783a: Laws enacted in the second sitting of the eighth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred eighty and four, (Philadelphia, 1784), 306-307. Citation: Pennsylvania Copyright Statute (1784), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Record-ID: us_1784a Full title An Act for the encouragement and promotion of learning, 1784 Pa. Acts 306 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 Pennsylvania Year 1784 Language English Source Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Law Library, Rare Book Collection S Penn14 1783a: Laws enacted in the second sitting of the eighth General Assembly, of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : which commenced at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the thirteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred eighty and four, (Philadelphia, 1784), 306-307. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Gray, George (1725-1800) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to America Philadelphia Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Pennsylvania Copyright Statute 1784 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Pennsylvania House of Representatives Prothonotaries' Office, Philadelphia Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words books, protected subject matter duration importation inheritability penalties, paid to author(s) registration 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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