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Debate in Congress, Washington D.C. (1896)

Source:
Cummings Bill, H.R. 6835, 54th Cong, 2d sess., Congressional Record 29 (December 10, 1896).

Citation:
Debate in Congress (1896), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title
Debate in Congress over Dramatic and Musical Copyright

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Abstract
Debate in Congress over Senate Bill S. 2306 for copyright protection for dramatic and musical works.

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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Washington D.C.

Year
1896

Language
English

Source
Cummings Bill, H.R. 6835, 54th Cong, 2d sess., Congressional Record 29 (December 10, 1896).

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Persons referred to
Abbey, Henry E. (1846-1896)
Aldrich, Louis (1843-1901)
Barnard, Charles (1838-1920)
Barrett, Wilson (1846-1904)
Belasco, David (1853-1931)
Braham, John Joseph (c.1848-1919)
Canary, Thomas (fl.1896)
Cayvan, Georgia (1857-1906)
Claxton, Kate (1850-1924)
Connolly, James Austin (1843-1914)
Cox, Nicholas Nichols (1837-1912)
Craigen, Maida (d.1942)
Crane, William Henry (1845-1928)
Cummings, Amos Jay (1841-1902)
De Koven, Henry Louis Reginald (1859-1920)
Dixey, Henry E. (1859-1943)
Draper, William Franklin (1842-1910)
Drew, John, Jr. (1853-1927)
Faversham, William (1868-1940)
Frohman, Charles (1860-1915)
Frohman, Daniel (1851-1940)
Gottschalk, Ferdinand (1858-1944)
Herne, James Ahern (1839-1901)
Hilliard, Robert C. (1857-1927)
Hopkins, Albert Jarvis (1846-1922)
Howard, Bronson (1842-1908)
Hoyt, Charles Hale (1859-1900)
Hulick, George Washington (1833-1907)
Jansen, Maria (1864-1914)
Keith, Benjamin Franklin (1846-1914)
Lacey, John Fletcher (1841-1913)
Lederer, George (1862-1938)
Mayo, Frank (1839-1896)
Modjeska, Helena (1840-1909)
Nye, Edgar Wilson (1850-1896)
O'Neill, James (1847-1920)
Palmer, Albert Marshall (c.1838-1905)
Quigg, Lemuel Ely (1863-1919)
Rankin, McKee (1841-1914)
Ray, George Washington (1844-1925)
Robson, Stuart (1836-1903)
Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932)
Sulloway, Cyrus Adams (1839-1917)
Tiffany, Annie Ward (1824-1895)

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Key words
defences and exemptions
dramatic works, protected subject matter
fair use
licensing
lobbying
manuscript
music, protected subject matter
originality
penalties
piracy
property analogies
property theory
public performance
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