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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 Peters to Donaldson, Philadelphia (1828) Source: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Cadwalader Collection, Judge John Cadwalader Series, Manx Nr 1454: Richard Peters Jr. to Robert Donaldson, Sept. 26, 1828. Citation: Letter from Peters to Donaldson (1828), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1828b Full title Letter from Richard Peters Jr. to Robert Donaldson, Sept. 26, 1828 Full title original language N/A Abstract A letter from Richard Peters, the reporter of the Supreme Court, to Robert Donaldson, the publisher of the former reporter Henry Wheaton. In the letter Peters responds to Donaldson's complaint on the publication of his Condensed Reports, including reports of Supreme Court decisions complied by previous reporters. The response consists of a copy of Peters's reply to a similar complaint by another former reporter, Judge William Cranch. Peters explains that he intends to copy just the facts and the decisions of the court, denies that this constitutes copyright infringement and invites others to test this in court. 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 Richard Peters Jr. Publisher N/A Location Philadelphia Year 1828 Language English Source Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Cadwalader Collection, Judge John Cadwalader Series, Manx Nr 1454: Richard Peters Jr. to Robert Donaldson, Sept. 26, 1828. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Cranch, William (1769-1855) Donaldson, Robert (fl.1817-1831) Peters, Richard, Jr. (1780-1848) Wheaton, Henry (1785-1848) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to New York Philadelphia Washington Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802) 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 authors' remuneration authorship, legal concept of compilation law books property theory utility 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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