Australasia | | | | | Australia |_See_ Gt. Brit.* |Life + 7 |Commonwealth |Reserv. | (Br.) 1905 |Aus.-Hung. |or 42* |Copyr. Office| per- | |excepted | |D (2) | forming | New Zealand |_See_ Gt. Brit. |28 or |R Registrar | right | (Br.) | | life* |of Coprs.* D | | 1842-1903 | | |libr. of Gen.| | | | |Assem. (for | | | | |plays only) | | Hawaii (U. S.)|_See_ U. S. | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS Page xv PART I NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF COPYRIGHT I. THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF COPYRIGHT 1-7 Copyright meaning, 1--Its two senses, 1--Blackstone, 2--Property by creation, 3--Property in unpublished works, 4--The question of publication, 5--Inherent right, 5--Statutory penalties, 6--Statute of Anne, 6--Supersedure of common law right, 7. II. THE EARLY HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT 8-23 In classic times, 8--Roman law, 8--Monastic copyists, 8--St. Columba and Finnian, 9--University protection, 9--Invention of printing, 10--In Germany, 10--In Italy: Venice, 13--Florence, 17--Control of Church, 17--In France, 17--In England, 19--The Stationers' Company, 21--Statutory provisions, 22. III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATUTORY COPYRIGHT IN ENGLAND 24-34 The Statute of Anne as foundation, 24--Its relations to common law, 24--The crucial case, 25--The Judges' opinions, 25--The Lords' decision, 26--Protests, 26--Supplementary legislation, 26--Georgian period, 27--Legislation under William IV, 28--Victorian act of 1842, 28--Protection of designs, 29--Subsequent acts, 29--Royal Commission report of 1878, 30--Later legislation, 31--International copyright, 31--Musical copyright, 31--Conference reports, 1909, 32--Act of 1911, 32--Design patents, 33--Common law rights, 34. IV. THE HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES 35-41 Constitutional provision, 35--Early state legislation, 35--Act of 1790, 35--1802-1867, 36--Revised act of 1870, 37--1874-1882, 37--International copyright legislation, 1891, 37--Private copyright acts, 38--American possessions, 38--American code of 1909, 39--State protection of playright, 39--Trade-Mark act, 40--Common law relations, 40. PART II LITERARY AND GENERAL COPYRIGHT V. SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT: RIGHTS AND EXTENT 42-62