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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:  | | Judiciary Committee Report, Washington D.C. (1830) Source: National Archives HR21A-D13.4: House Committee on the Judiciary, 21st Cong., 2d sess., 1830, H.Rep. 3. Citation: Judiciary Committee Report (1830), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1830 Full title COPY-RIGHT... Mr. Ellsworth, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was re-committed the bill (H. R. No. 145) to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copy-rights Full title original language N/A Abstract A report written by William Ellsworth and submitted by the Judiciary Committee to Congress. The report proposed various amendments to the Copyright Act including extension of copyright term and explicit recognition of copyright in printed music. The report presented both a utilitarian and a natural rights justification of copyright and advocated harmonization with what it presented as the copyright law of various European nations. The report resulted in the 1831 Copyright Act. Bibliography Micklethwait, David. Noah Webster and the American Dictionary, Jefferson N.C.: McFarland, 2000. Unger, H.G. Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. Webster, Noah. "Origin of the Copy-right Laws of the United States." In A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary and Moral Subjects. New York: Webster & Clark, 1843. Related documents in this database Author William Ellsworth Publisher N/A Location Washington D.C. Year 1830 Language English Source National Archives HR21A-D13.4: House Committee on the Judiciary, 21st Cong., 2d sess., 1830, H.Rep. 3. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Charles X (1757-1836) Ellsworth, William W. (1791-1868) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Europe France Germany Great Britain Norway Russia Sweden Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Ann. c. 19 U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789 U.S. Copyright Act 1790, 1 Stat. 124 (1790) Prussian Statute Book 1794 (ALR) U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802) French Imperial decree on the book trade 1810 Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 Russian Council of State decree (1830), on the duration of copyright Legislation referred to in commentary U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436 Cases referred to Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Court of King's Bench Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate Parliament U.S. Congress Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words common law copyright duration duration, post mortem term incentives labour theory learning, the advancement of monopoly music, protected subject matter natural rights property theory, authors' property renewal scholarly writing utilitarianism 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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