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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:  | | S. 227 (Dramatic Works Public Performance Bill), Washington D.C. (1841) Source: Library of Congress, American Memory: Bills and Resolutions of the House and Senate, S. 227, 26th Cong. (1841). Citation: S. 227 (Dramatic Works Public Performance Bill) (1841), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: us_1841b Full title A BILL To secure to the authors of dramatic works their property therein. Full title original language N/A Abstract A Bill that for the first time in the United States attempted to extend a public performance entitlement to dramatic works. The bill never passed and a public performance entitlement for dramatic works was legislated only in 1856. Bibliography Bradley, Edward Sculley. George Henry Boker, Poet and Patriot. London: Oxford University Press, 1927. Foust, Clement E. The Life and Dramatic Works of Robert Montgomery Bird. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1919. McConachie Bruce A., Melodramatic Formations: American Theater and Society, 1820-1870. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1992. Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Washington D.C. Year 1841 Language English Source Library of Congress, American Memory: Bills and Resolutions of the House and Senate, S. 227, 26th Cong. (1841). Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Preston, William Campbell (1794-1860) Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to N/A 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 N/A Institutions referred to U.S. Congress U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words dramatic works, protected subject matter dramatico-musical works, protected subject matter duration public performance 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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