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1 online resource (xxiv, 320 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-313) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Copyright, history, the public -- Copyright before the nineteenth century -- Copyright, the book trade and the reading public -- Extension and expansion -- Examination and internationalisation -- Infringement at common law : drawing copyright's boundaries -- Making of the 1911 Imperial Copyright Act -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Copyright law is commonly described as carrying out a balancing act between the interests of authors or owners and those of the public. While much academic work, both historical and contemporary, has been done on the authorship side of the equation, this book examines the notion of public interest, and the way that concepts of public interest and the rhetoric surrounding it have been involved in shaping the law of copyright. While many histories of copyright focus on the eighteenth century, this book's main concern is with the period after 1774. The nineteenth century was the period during whi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Copyright -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Copyright. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Public interest -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Public interest. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1774-1911 |
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1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Alexander, Isabella. Copyright law and the public interest in the nineteenth century. Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart, 2010 9781841137865 (OCoLC)216663391 |
| ISBN |
9781847315649 (electronic book) |
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184731564X (electronic book) |
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9781841137865 (hardback) |
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1841137863 (hardback) |
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