PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, London (1649)

Source: Durham University Library: Firth, C.H., and Rait, R.S., Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, 3 Vols. (London: HMSO, 1911), 2: 245

Citation:
An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, London (1649), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets, and for the Better Regulating of Printing

Full title original language:
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Abstract:
This document is associated with the following core document: uk_1643

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Related documents in this database:
1643: The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company
1643: An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing
1647: Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets
1653: An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]

Author: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1649

Location: London

Language: English

Source: Durham University Library: Firth, C.H., and Rait, R.S., Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660, 3 Vols. (London: HMSO, 1911), 2: 245

Persons referred to:
Cromwell, Oliver
Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron

Places referred to:
Finsbury
London
York

Cases referred to:
N/A

Institutions referred to:
Council of State (England)
Council of the City of London
Parliament
Stationers' Company
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford

Legislation:
Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets 1647

Keywords:
Stationers' Company
defamation
import
licensing
newspapers
registration
reprints

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