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A Short History of CopyrightThe Nineteenth Century: Liberty and Literary Property

A Short History of Copyright: The Nineteenth Century: Liberty and Literary Property [The first half of the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of a principle that has governed the growth of copyright law to the present. If today copyright proponents take for granted that copyright law must grow like a tree and reach for the sky, it is because in the nineteenth century, politicians, and more slowly judges, forgot the old injunctions that copyright laws must encourage learning. Gradually, they accepted the publishers’ argument that statute must increase, but on no account restrict, the scope of copyright. The beneficiaries of laws were private interests, not the public.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Short History of CopyrightThe Nineteenth Century: Liberty and Literary Property

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
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978-3-319-02074-7
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37 –43
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-02075-4_5
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[The first half of the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of a principle that has governed the growth of copyright law to the present. If today copyright proponents take for granted that copyright law must grow like a tree and reach for the sky, it is because in the nineteenth century, politicians, and more slowly judges, forgot the old injunctions that copyright laws must encourage learning. Gradually, they accepted the publishers’ argument that statute must increase, but on no account restrict, the scope of copyright. The beneficiaries of laws were private interests, not the public.]

Published: Aug 28, 2013

Keywords: Nineteenth Century; Copyright Holder; British Counterpart; Literary Property; Circuit Court

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