PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

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), Washington D.C. (1896), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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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:
N/A

Abstract:
A reproduction of a House of Representatives Bill for a comprehensive copyright reform, accompanied by commentary.

Commentary: No commentaries for this record.

Bibliography:
  • Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years. Vol. 2. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

  • 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).

  • Carroll, Michael. 'The Struggle for Music Copyright.' 57 Fla. L. Rev. 907 (2005).


Related documents in this database:
1896: Hearing on H.R. 5976

Author: N/A

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1896

Location: Washington D.C.

Language: English

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

Persons referred to:
Bacon, Francis
Campbell, Thomas
Child, Lydia Maria
Curtis, George William
Derby, James Cephas
Elzevir
Field, Eugene
Gowans, William
Harper, Fletcher
Headley, Joel Tyler
Kant, Immanuel
Keese, John
Leypoldt, Frederick
Lytton, Edward George Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron
Napoleon I
Prime, Samuel Irenaeus
Pumpelly, Josiah Collins
Radcliffe, Ann, née Ward
Randolph, Anson Davies Fitz
Treloar, William Mitchellson
Welford, Charles

Places referred to:
America
France
Mexico, Missouri
Washington

Cases referred to:
N/A

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

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

Keywords:
deposit
dramatic works, protected subject matter
duration
editions, new
formalities
importation
music, protected subject matter
penalties
piracy
public performance
renewal

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