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International Copyright Bill, Washington D.C. (1872)

Source:
Library of Congress: S. 688, 42nd Cong., 2nd Sess., (February 21, 1872).

Citation:
International Copyright Bill (1872), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title
S. 688 A Bill for the securing to authors in certain cases the benefit of international copyright

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Abstract
A Senate Bill that attempted to create international copyright protection. The Bill that was never passed was part of the effort to introduce international copyright protection to the United States that was renewed after the Civil War.

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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Library of Congress: S. 688, 42nd Cong., 2nd Sess., (February 21, 1872).

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Sherman, John (1823-1900)

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Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK