Treatise on the Laws of Literary Property Book contents
- Frontmatter
- LAWS OF LITERARY PROPERTY
- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
- BOOK I HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE LAW
- BOOK II THE PRESENT STATE OF THE LAW
- FIRST PART. OF THE DURATION AND EXTENT OF COPYRIGHT
- SECOND PART. OF THE LIBRARY TAX, AND REGISTRY AT STATIONERS& HALL
- THIRD PART. OF PIRATING COPYRIGHT
- BOOK III DISQUISITIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAWS AND THEIR EFFECT ON LITERATURE
- NOTES, COMPRISING AUTHORITIES REGARDING THE LIMITATION OF COPYRIGHT, AND THE LIBRARY TAX
- TABLE OF CASES CITED OR REFERRED TO, AND WORKS OR SUBJECTS LITIGATED
- INDEX
- ERRATA
SECOND PART. OF THE LIBRARY TAX, AND REGISTRY AT STATIONERS& HALL
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- LAWS OF LITERARY PROPERTY
- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
- BOOK I HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE LAW
- BOOK II THE PRESENT STATE OF THE LAW
- FIRST PART. OF THE DURATION AND EXTENT OF COPYRIGHT
- SECOND PART. OF THE LIBRARY TAX, AND REGISTRY AT STATIONERS& HALL
- THIRD PART. OF PIRATING COPYRIGHT
- BOOK III DISQUISITIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAWS AND THEIR EFFECT ON LITERATURE
- NOTES, COMPRISING AUTHORITIES REGARDING THE LIMITATION OF COPYRIGHT, AND THE LIBRARY TAX
- TABLE OF CASES CITED OR REFERRED TO, AND WORKS OR SUBJECTS LITIGATED
- INDEX
- ERRATA
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CHAP. I.—ANALYSIS OF THE STATUTE 54 GEO. III. CAP, 156
SECT. I.—Of the Tax on Original Works
The first section of the act commences by reciting the statute of Anne, so far as relates to the delivery of nine copies of each book, on the best paper, for the use of the several libraries therein mentioned; and after also reciting the 41st Geo. III. cap. 107, in regard to the additional two copies for Ireland, it is then stated, that it is expedient that future copies of books should be delivered to the libraries therein mentioned, with the modifications provided by the act.
It then proceeds to repeal so much of the acts of Anne, and 41st Geo. III. as required the delivery of the copies.
The following is the preamble of the statute, and the enacting part of the first clause.
Whereas by an act, made in the eighth year of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled An act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, it was among other things provided and enacted, that nine copies of each book or books, upon the best paper, that from and after the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ten, should be printed and published as in the said act mentioned, or reprinted and published with additions, should, by the printer and printers thereof, […]
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- Treatise on the Laws of Literary PropertyComprising the Statutes and Cases Relating to Books, Manuscripts, Lectures, Dramatic and Musical Compositions, pp. 114 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1828