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Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976), Washington D.C. (1896)

Source:
The University of Colorado - Boulder: "Copyright Remade," Publisher's Weekly No. 1257 (1896): 386-393.

Citation:
Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) (1896), 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
a bill (H. R. 5976) to provide for the commissioner of copyrights and to revise the copyright law

Full title original language
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Abstract
A reproduction of a House of Representatives Bill for a comprehensive copyright reform, accompanied by commentary.

Bibliography
Carroll, Michael. "The Struggle for Music Copyright." 57 Fla. L. Rev. 907 (2005).
Rosen, Zvi. "The Twilight of the Opera Pirates: A Prehistory of the Exclusive Right of Public Performance for Musical Compositions." 24 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. 1157 (2007).
Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years. Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

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Location
Washington D.C.

Year
1896

Language
English

Source
The University of Colorado - Boulder: "Copyright Remade," Publisher's Weekly No. 1257 (1896): 386-393.

Physical description
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Persons referred to
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)
Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844)
Child, Lydia Maria (1802-1880)
Curtis, George William (1824-1892)
Derby, James Cephas (1818-1892)
Elzevir (fl.1592-1681)
Field, Eugene (1850-1895)
Gowans, William (1803-1870)
Harper, Fletcher (1806-1877)
Headley, Joel Tyler (1813-1897)
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
Keese, John (1805-1856)
Leypoldt, Frederick (1835-1884)
Lytton, Edward George Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron (1803-1873)
Napoleon I (1769-1821)
Prime, Samuel Irenaeus (1812-1885)
Pumpelly, Josiah Collins (1839-1920)
Radcliffe, Ann, née Ward (1764-1823)
Randolph, Anson Davies Fitz (1820-1896)
Treloar, William Mitchellson (1850-1935)
Welford, Charles (d.1885)

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America
France
Mexico, Missouri
Washington

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Legislation referred to
U.S. International Copyright Act, 1891 (Chace Act)

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Institutions referred to
Harper & Brothers, American publishing firm (est.1833)
Library of Congress
Patent Office, U.S. Department of State
U.S. Congress
U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. House of Representatives

Institutions referred to in commentary
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Key words
deposit
dramatic works, protected subject matter
duration
editions, new
formalities
importation
music, protected subject matter
penalties
piracy
public performance
renewal

Responsible editor
Oren Bracha




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