A legal-historical essay collection, Copyright: Its History and Its Law surveys principles and practice of copyright, with particular attention to the American code of 1909 and the British Act of 1911. Richard Rogers Bowker explains how copyright developed and compares national and international approaches, making it useful for anyone interested in the foundations of intellectual property.
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Richard Rogers Bowker COPYRIGHT: ITS HISTORY AND ITS LAW. THE ARTS OF LIFE. OF BUSINESS. OF POLITICS. OF RELIGION. OF EDUCATION. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston and New York COPYRIGHT ITS HISTORY AND ITS LAW BEING A SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF COPYRIGHT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE AMERICAN CODE OF 1909 AND THE BRITISH ACT OF 1911 BY RICHARD ROGERS BOWKER
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1912 COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY R. R. BOWKER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FOR ALL COUNTRIES Published March 1912 FOREWORD Copyright progress The American copyright code of 1909, comprehensively replacing all previous laws, a gratifying advance in legislation despite its serious restrictions and minor defects, places American copyright practice on a new basis. The new British code, brought before Parliament in 1910, and finally adopted in December, 1911, to be effective July 1, 1912, marks a like forward step for the British Empire, enabling the mother country and its colonies to participate in the Berlin convention. Among the self-governing Dominions made free to accept the British code or legislate independently, Australia had already adopted in 1905 a complete new code, and Canada is following its example in the measure proposed in 1911, which will probably be conformed to the new British code for passage in 1912. Portugal has already in 1911 joined the family of nations by adherence to the Berlin
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