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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:  | | House Debate, Washington D.C. (1831) Source: Library of Congress: Register of Debates, 21st Cong., 2nd Sess., 1831, 422-424. Citation: House Debate (1831), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1831a Full title Debate in House over copyright bill Full title original language N/A Abstract The record of debate in the House of Representatives over the bill of the 1831 Copyright Act. The Act was the first major revision of U.S. copyright law. 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: Register of Debates, 21st Cong., 2nd Sess., 1831, 422-424. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Ellsworth, William W. (1791-1868) Everett, Edward (1794-1865) Hoffman, Michael (1787-1848) Huntington, Jabez Williams (1788-1847) Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin (1786-1870) Webster, Noah (1758-1843) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to England Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to U.S. Constitutional Copyright Clause 1789 U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802) Legislation referred to in commentary N/A 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 U.S. Congress Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words books, protected subject matter common law copyright duration duration, post mortem term engravings, protected subject matter incentives maps, protected subject matter monopoly natural rights patents, for invention public domain 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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