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Letters on International copyright, Philadelphia (1853)

Source:
British Library 6005.c.10: Henry Charles Carey, Letters on International Copyright (Philadelphia, 1853).

Citation:
Letters on International copyright (1853), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title
Letters on International copyright

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Abstract
A pamphlet by the economist Henry C. Carey written as a series of letters criticizing 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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Henry Charles Carey

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Location
Philadelphia

Year
1853

Language
English

Source
British Library 6005.c.10: Henry Charles Carey, Letters on International Copyright (Philadelphia, 1853).

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Auburn, New York
Birmingham
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Edinburgh
England
Europe
France
Glasgow
Great Britain
Highlands
Iowa
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Leeds
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London
Louisville, Kentucky
Manchester
Massachusetts
New Jersey
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Paisley
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Places referred to in commentary
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Legislation referred to
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19
U.S. Copyright Act 1790, 1 Stat. 124 (1790)
U.S. Copyright Act 1802 (Amendment of 1790 Act), 2 Stat. 171 (1802)
French Imperial decree on the book trade 1810
U.S. Patent Act 1819
U.S. Copyright Act 1831, 21st Cong., 2d Sess., 4 Stat. 436
Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45
Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1851
British-American Copyright Convention Draft, 1853

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Boston Academy of Music
Holyrood Palace
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Key words
advertising
Anglo-American
book market
book trade
duration
free trade
idea/expression
ingenuity
international agreements, bilateral
inventions
learning, the advancement of
monopoly
newspapers
originality
patents, for invention
piracy
property analogies
public domain
public good
reputation
scholarly writing
taxation
translations, of contemporary works
universities

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Oren Bracha




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