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American Authors and British Pirates, New York (1888)

Source:
The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library 051 P936: Samuel Clemens and Brander Matthews, "American Authors and British Pirates," New Princeton Review 5 (1888): 47-65.

Citation:
American Authors and British Pirates (1888), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Record-ID:
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Full title
American Authors and British Pirates

Full title original language
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Abstract
An exchange between Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Brander Matthews on the subject of international copyright protection. The American Copyright League republished the exchange as a pamphlet as part of its campaign for legislating international copyright protection. The exchange was part of the public debate over the question of international copyright 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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Author
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Brander Matthews

Publisher
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Location
New York

Year
1888

Language
English

Source
The University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library 051 P936: Samuel Clemens and Brander Matthews, "American Authors and British Pirates," New Princeton Review 5 (1888): 47-65.

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Persons referred to
Bethell, Richard, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873)
Cairns, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl (1819-1885)
Champney, Elizabeth Williams (1850-1922)
Cummins, Maria Susanna (1827-1866)
Estes, Dana (1840-1909)
Green, Anna Katharine (1846-1935)
Habberton, John (1842-1921)
Haggard, Sir Henry Rider (1856-1925)
Harris, Townsend (1804-1878)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)
Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856)
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911)
House, Edward Howard (1836-1901)
Howells, William Dean (1837-1920)
Lang, Andrew (1844-1912)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
McNeill, Duncan, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793-1874)
Mason, Edward Tuckerman (1847-1911)
Matthews, William (1818-1909)
Matthews, Brander (1852-1929)
Newton, James King (d.1892)
Roe, Edward Payson (1838-1888)
Putnam, George Haven (1844-1930)
Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth (1790-1868)
Routledge, George (1812-1888)
Sonnenschein, William Swan (1855-1931)
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour (1850-1894)
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth, née Beecher (1811-1896)
Thesiger, Frederick, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1794-1878)
Twain, Mark (1835-1910)
Warner, Charles Dudley (1829-1900)

Persons referred to in commentary
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Places referred to
America
Australia
Bahamas Islands
Bermuda
Boston, Massachusetts
Canada
Florida
France
Great Britain
Hartford, Connecticut
Japan
London
New York
Texas
Washington

Places referred to in commentary
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Legislation referred to
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19
Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45
International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12
French International Copyright Act 1852
International Copyright Act, 1875, 38 & 39 Vict., c.12
International Copyright Act, 1886, 49 & 50 Vict., c.33

Legislation referred to in commentary
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Cases referred to
Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854) 4 HLC 815
Low v. Routledge (1865-1868)

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Institutions referred to
George Routledge & Sons, publishing house (London)
Library of Congress
House of Lords
U.S. Congress

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Key words
Anglo-American
authors' remuneration
book trade
foreign reprints
formalities
newspapers
piracy
plagiarism
serialisation

Responsible editor
Oren Bracha




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