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Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials, Washington D.C. (1848)

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The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library: Memorials of John Jay and of William C. Bryant and Others, in favor of An international copyright law, 30th Cong, 1st sess., 1848, H. Doc. 76

Citation:
Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials (1848), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title
Memorials of John Jay and of William C. Bryant and Others, in Favor of an International Copyright Law

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Abstract
Petitions submitted to Congress advocating the legislation of international copyright protection.

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.

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Year
1848

Language
English

Source
The University of Texas Tarlton Law Library: Memorials of John Jay and of William C. Bryant and Others, in favor of An international copyright law, 30th Cong, 1st sess., 1848, H. Doc. 76

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Places referred to
America
Andover, Massachusetts
Buffalo, New York
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Charleston, South Carolina
England
Europe
France
Great Britain
Hamburg
Hartford, Connecticut
London
New Haven
New York
Norway
Philadelphia
Poughkeepsie, New York
Russia
Salem, Massachusetts
Sweden
Syracuse, New York
Utica, New York
Washington
Watertown, New York

Places referred to in commentary
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Legislation referred to
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19
Connecticut Copyright Statute 1783
U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436
International Copyright Act, 1838, 1 & 2 Vict., c.59
Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45
Smithsonian Institution Act 1846, 29th Cong.
Anglo-Prussian Copyright Treaty 1846
Anglo-Saxonian Copyright Treaty 1846
Copyright Treaty between Britain and Hanover 1847

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Cases referred to
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Cases referred to in commentary
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Institutions referred to
Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, American publishing firm (Andover, MA)
Appleton & Co., American publishing firm
Bennett, Backus & Hawley, American publishing firm (Utica, NY)
British Museum
Colton & Jenkins, American bookbinding firm (New York)
Crocker & Brewster, American publishing firm (Boston)
Hogan & Thompson, American publishing firm (Philadelphia)
John F. Trow & Co., American printing firm
Library of Congress
Otis, Broaders & Co., American publishing firm (Boston)
R.H. Sherburne & Co., American publishing firm (Boston)
Robert Carter & Bros., American publishing firm
Robinson, Pratt, & Co., American publishing firm (New York)
Smithsonian Institution
Stationers' Company
Swords, Stanford, & Co., American publishing firm (New York)
Tappan & Dennet, American publishing firm (Boston)
U.S. Congress
U.S. District Courts
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Wiley & Putnam, American publishing firm (New York, 1838-1848)

Institutions referred to in commentary
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Key words
adaptation
Anglo-American
authors' remuneration
book market
book trade
deposit
duration
foreign reprints
grammars
interest groups
international agreements, multilateral
learning, the advancement of
lobbying
moral rights, integrity
piracy
property theory, authors' property
property theory, publishers' property
public good
reciprocity
reputation
translation, right of

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Oren Bracha




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