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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:  | | Letter from Donaldson to Peters, New York (1828) Source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Robert Donaldson to Richard Peters, Jr., September 25, 1828. Citation: Letter from Donaldson to Peters (1828), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1828 Full title Letter from Robert Donaldson to Richard Peters Jr. Full title original language N/A Abstract A letter from Robert Donaldson - the publisher of the former reporter of the Supreme Court Henry Wheaton - to Richard Peters. In the letter Donaldson inquired whether Peters - at the time the reporter of the Supreme Court - intended to publish his "Condensed Reports", including reports of Supreme Court decisions complied by previous reporters. The letter threatens the initiation of a copyright infringement lawsuit in such a case. The lawsuit that was subsequently filed resulted in the Supreme Court's decision in Wheaton v. Peters. Bibliography Abrams, Howard B. "The Historic Foundation of American Copyright Law: Exploding the Myth of Common Law Copyright." 29 Wayne L. Rev. 1119 (1983). Joyce, Craig. The Story of Wheaton v. Peters. In Intellectual Property Stories, ed. Jane C. Ginsburg and Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss. New York: Foundation Press, 2006. Joyce, Craig. ""A Curious Chapter in the History of Judicature": Wheaton v. Peters and the Rest of the Story (of Copyright in the New Republic)." 42 Hous. L. Rev. 325 (2005). McGill, Meredith L. "The Matter of the Text: Commerce, Print Culture, and the Authority of the State in American Copyright Law." 9 American Literary History 1, 7-11 (1997). Related documents in this database Author Robert Donaldson Publisher N/A Location New York Year 1828 Language English Source Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Robert Donaldson to Richard Peters, Jr., September 25, 1828. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Donaldson, Robert (fl.1817-1831) Peters, Richard, Jr. (1780-1848) Wheaton, Henry (1785-1848) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Boston, Massachusetts New York Philadelphia Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Wheaton v. Peters (1834) 33 U.S. 591 Institutions referred to U.S. Supreme Court Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words abridgements property theory, publishers' property 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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