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North Carolina Copyright Statute, North Carolina (1785)

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The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library -Q-345.12 N813R 1791: Laws of the State of North Carolina. Published, according to act of Assembly, by James Iredell (Edenton: Printed by Hodge and Wills, 1791) 563-564.

Citation:
North Carolina Copyright Statute (1785), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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us_1785a

Full title
An Act for securing literary property

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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.

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1785

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The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library -Q-345.12 N813R 1791: Laws of the State of North Carolina. Published, according to act of Assembly, by James Iredell (Edenton: Printed by Hodge and Wills, 1791) 563-564.

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North Carolina Literary Property Statute 1785

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Key words
authors' remuneration
books, protected subject matter
deposit
duration
immoral works
incentives
maps, protected subject matter
penalties, paid to author(s)
penalties, paid to fiscal authorities
price regulation
reciprocity
registration
utility

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Oren Bracha




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Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK