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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 Wheaton, New York (1828) Source: Pierpont Morgan Library, Wheaton Papers MA 995: Robert Donaldson to Henry Wheaton, August 11, 1828. Citation: Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton (1828), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1828a Full title Letter from Robert Donaldson to Henry Wheaton Full title original language N/A Abstract A letter to the former reporter of the Supreme Court Henry Wheaton from his publisher Robert Donaldson. The letter informs Wheaton of the intention of the current reporter Richard Peters to publish his Condensed Reports, including reports of Supreme Court decisions complied by previous reporters. Donaldson predicts decrease in sales of Wheaton's reports attributable to Peter's new publication and urges Wheaton, the copyright owner, to file a copyright lawsuit. 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." In Jane C. Ginsburg and Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss eds. New York: Foundation Press, 2006. ____. "'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 (1997). Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location New York Year 1828 Language English Source Pierpont Morgan Library, Wheaton Papers MA 995: Robert Donaldson to Henry Wheaton, August 11, 1828. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Donaldson, Robert (fl.1817-1831) Paine, Elijah (1757-1842) Peters, Richard, Jr. (1780-1848) Thompson, Smith (1768-1843) Wheaton, Henry (1785-1848) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to America Copenhagen Denmark Europe New York 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 author/publisher relations piracy property theory, authors' property property theory, publishers' property remedies 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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