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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:  | | Copyright Act, Washington D.C. (1831) Source: Library of Congress: 4 Stat. 436 (1831). Citation: Copyright Act (1831), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: us_1831 Full title An Act to amend several acts respecting copy rights Full title original language N/A Abstract The first major statutory revision of U.S. copyright law. The 1831 Act was a result of intensive lobbying especially by Noah Webster and his agents in Congress. The commentary describes the lobbying process and the significant changes introduced by the new Act. These changes included an extension of the copyright term that applied to existing copyrighted works, the granting of renewal rights to widows and children of deceased authors, and the addition of printed music to the subject matter explicitly recognized by the statute. 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 N/A Publisher N/A Location Washington D.C. Year 1831 Language English Source Library of Congress: 4 Stat. 436 (1831). Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary Converse, Sherman (1790-1873) Dwight, Timothy (1752-1817) Ellsworth, Emily Schotten, née Webster (1790-1861) Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807) Ellsworth, William W. (1791-1868) Fowler, William Chauncey (1793-1881) Goodrich, Chauncey Allen (1790-1860) Grundy, Felix (1777-1840) Hoffman, Michael (1787-1848) Huntington, Jabez Williams (1788-1847) Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs (1789-1872) Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl (1705-1793) Morse, Jedidiah (1761-1826) Paine, Elijah (1757-1842) Peters, Richard, Jr. (1780-1848) Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin (1786-1870) Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Webster, Noah (1758-1843) Wheaton, Henry (1785-1848) Yates, Joseph (1722-1770) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary England France Germany Great Britain Norway Russia Sweden Washington Legislation referred to U.S. Copyright Act 1790, 1 Stat. 124 (1790) U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802) Legislation referred to in commentary Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Ann. c. 19 U.S. Copyright Act 1790, 1 Stat. 124 (1790) U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802) Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.156 U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129 Bach v. Longman (1777) 2 Cowp. 623 Wheaton v. Peters (1834) 33 U.S. 591 Institutions referred to Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate U.S. Congress U.S. Federal District Courts U.S. Secretary of State's Office Institutions referred to in commentary House of Lords Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate U.S. Congress U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Key words books, protected subject matter common law copyright deposit duration duration, post mortem term engravings, protected subject matter formalities incentives lobbying manuscript maps, protected subject matter music, protected subject matter natural rights patents, for invention penalties perpetual protection property theory, authors' property remedies renewal 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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