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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:  | | Senate Report, Washington D.C. (1837) Source: The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library: 24th Cong, 2d sess., 1837, Rep. 179. Citation: Senate Report (1837), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1837a Full title Report, with Senate Bill No. 223 Full title original language N/A Abstract The report of a select Senate committee to which a petition for international copyright protection was referred. The report recommended amending the copyright law as to provide for international copyright protection in the United States. The report was part of a campaign for international copyright protection started in the 1830s. The first stage of this campaign lasted until the mid 1850s and despite several legislation attempt ended in failure. The commentary discusses the various interests that supported or opposed international copyright protection, their lobbying efforts, and the ideological arguments employed by them. Bibliography Barnes, James J. Authors, Publishers, and Politicians: The Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement, 1815-1854. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. Clark, Aubert J. The Movement for International Copyright in Nineteenth Century America. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1960. Khan, B. Zorina. The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Washington D.C. Year 1837 Language English Source The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library: 24th Cong, 2d sess., 1837, Rep. 179. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) Clay, Henry (1777-1852) Edgeworth, Maria (1768-1849) Everett, Edward (1794-1865) Irving, Washington (1783-1859) Southey, Robert (1774-1843) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to France Great Britain Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to French Imperial decree on the book trade 1810 U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436 U.S. Patent Law 1836 Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to U.S. Senate Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words Anglo-American authors' remuneration book trade foreign reprints international agreements, bilateral learning, the advancement of lobbying patents, for invention property analogies property theory, authors' property public good reciprocity 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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