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Copyright Law and the Public Interest in the Nineteenth Century.

Alexander, Isabella.

Copyright Law and the Public Interest in the Nineteenth Century. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (344 pages)

Prelims -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1 Introduction: Copyright, History, the Public -- 2 Copyright before the Nineteenth Century -- 3 Copyright, the Book Trade and the Reading Public -- 4 Extension and Expansion -- 5 Examination and Internationalisation -- 6 Infringement at Common Law -- 7 The Making of the 1911 Imperial Copyright Act -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book examines public interest and the way that concepts of it and rhetoric surrounding it have been involved in shaping the law of copyright.

9781847315649


Copyright -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.


Electronic books.

KD1289. A74 2010

346.410482

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