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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 York Copyright Statute, New York (1786) Source: The Library of Michigan, an agency of the Dept. of History, Arts and Libraries Oversize KFN5025.2 1786: Laws of the state of New-York : passed by the legislature of said state, at their ninth session (New York: Printed by Samuel and John Loudon, 1786) 99-100. Citation: New York Copyright Statute (1786), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1786a Full title An Act to promote literature 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 York Year 1786 Language English Source The Library of Michigan, an agency of the Dept. of History, Arts and Libraries Oversize KFN5025.2 1786: Laws of the state of New-York : passed by the legislature of said state, at their ninth session (New York: Printed by Samuel and John Loudon, 1786) 99-100. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to New York Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to New York Copyright Statute 1786 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to New York Secretary of State's Office New York Senate New York State Assembly New York Supreme Court of Judicature Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words authors' remuneration books, protected subject matter defamation duration immoral works incentives inheritability natural rights penalties, paid to author(s) price regulation reciprocity registration transferability unpublished works 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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