The Law Relating to Works of Literature and Art: Embracing the Law of Copyright, the Law Relating to Newspapers, the Law Relating to Contracts Between Authors, Publishers, Printers, &c., and the Law of Libel; with the Statutes Relating Thereto, Forms of Agreements Between Authors, Publishers, &c., and Forms of Pleading |
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... production of the original author himself , will be as valuable at the later period as the original edition of the book was at the time when it was published . But there are many cases between these two extremes ; and the difficulty ...
... production of the original author himself , will be as valuable at the later period as the original edition of the book was at the time when it was published . But there are many cases between these two extremes ; and the difficulty ...
Page xxix
... production or engraving , which is the work of a person resident in Great Britain or Ireland , to the protection of the Act , the work must be " printed and published in Canada , " and must contain , in addition to a notice of having ...
... production or engraving , which is the work of a person resident in Great Britain or Ireland , to the protection of the Act , the work must be " printed and published in Canada , " and must contain , in addition to a notice of having ...
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... production no otherwise than by denying him any assistance in the assertion of a right of property in his work , or in the attempt to hinder the piracy of it . Courts of equity stand quite neutral . " The Court does not interfere in the ...
... production no otherwise than by denying him any assistance in the assertion of a right of property in his work , or in the attempt to hinder the piracy of it . Courts of equity stand quite neutral . " The Court does not interfere in the ...
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... productions there is also a species of copy- Letters . right on the part of the writer in the private letters which ( a ) 1 C. B. Rep . 906 . ( b ) 4 Steph . Black . 345 . ( c ) 14 & 15 Vict . c . 100 , s . 29 ; see also 20 & 21 Vict ...
... productions there is also a species of copy- Letters . right on the part of the writer in the private letters which ( a ) 1 C. B. Rep . 906 . ( b ) 4 Steph . Black . 345 . ( c ) 14 & 15 Vict . c . 100 , s . 29 ; see also 20 & 21 Vict ...
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... productions not reduced into writing . The case was postponed to enable Mr. Abernethy to produce his manu- scripts if he wished to do so . The manuscripts were not produced , and Lord Eldon , treating the lectures as orally delivered ...
... productions not reduced into writing . The case was postponed to enable Mr. Abernethy to produce his manu- scripts if he wished to do so . The manuscripts were not produced , and Lord Eldon , treating the lectures as orally delivered ...
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Page 244 - States, or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, or photograph or negative thereof, or of a painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be perfected as works of the fine arts...
Page 483 - I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the Whig dogs should not have the best of it.
Page 385 - York (Beet. 29) defines libel to be " a false and unprivileged publication by writing, printing, picture, effigy, or other fixed representation to the eye, which exposes any person to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes him to be shunned or avoided, or which has a tendency to injure him in his occupation.
Page 429 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 737 - ... credit, and to bring him into public scandal, infamy, and disgrace...
Page 12 - 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...
Page 333 - If people should not be called to account for possessing the people with an ill opinion of the government, no government can subsist. For it is very necessary for all governments that the people should have a good opinion of it.
Page 319 - AN ACT FOR PREVENTING THE FREQUENT ABUSES IN PRINTING SEDITIOUS, TREASONABLE AND UNLICENSED BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS, AND FOR REGULATING OF PRINTING AND PRINTING-PRESSES (14 Car.
Page 247 - ... without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright first obtained in writing, signed in presence of two or more witnesses...
Page 681 - British dominions, for sale or hire any printed book first composed or written, or printed and published in any part of the United Kingdom wherein there shall be copyright, and reprinted in any country or place whatsoever out of the British dominions : And...