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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 John McLean to Richard Peters Jr., Cincinnati (1830) Source: Historical Society of Pennyslvania: Richard Peters, Jr. to John McLean, June 3, 1830. Citation: Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr. (1830), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1830a Full title Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr. Full title original language N/A Abstract A letter from John McLean to Richard Peters. Mclean was a Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the court's opinion in Wheaton v. Peters. Peters was the current reporter of the court and the defendant in the case. In the letter McLean transfers to Peters any rights he might have in his opinions. 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. 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 John McLean Publisher N/A Location Cincinnati Year 1830 Language English Source Historical Society of Pennyslvania: Richard Peters, Jr. to John McLean, June 3, 1830. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to McLean, John (1785-1861) Peters, Richard, Jr. (1780-1848) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Cincinnati 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 law books public domain public good transferability 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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