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A comprehensive account of the internationalisation of literary copyright, focusing on nineteenth century international copyright law.
A comprehensive account of the internationalisation of literary copyright, focusing on nineteenth century international copyright law as it affected Europe, the British colonies (particularly Canada), America, and the UK. Explores the history of international copyright law, and looks at how this history is relevant today.
A comprehensive account of the internationalisation of literary copyright, focusing on nineteenth century international copyright law as it affected Europe, the British colonies (particularly Canada), America, and the UK. Explores the history of international copyright law, and looks at how this history is relevant today.
Technological developments have shaped copyright law's development, and now the prospect of endless, effortless digital copying poses a significant challenge to modern copyright law. Many complain that copyright protection has burgeoned wildly, far beyond its original boundaries. Some have questioned whether copyright can survive the digital age. From a historical perspective, however, many of these 'new' challenges are simply fresh presentations of familiar dilemmas. This book explores the history of international copyright law, and looks at how this history is relevant today. It focuses on international copyright during the nineteenth century, as it affected Europe, the British colonies (particularly Canada), America, and the UK. As we consider the reform of modern copyright law, nineteenth-century experiences offer highly relevant empirical evidence. Copyright law has proved itself robust and flexible over several centuries. If directed with vision, Seville argues, it can negotiate cyberspace.
Table of cases; Table of statutes; Table of abbreviations and archive sources; 1. Introduction; 2. International copyright: four interconnected histories; 3. Towards the Berne Union; 4. Colonial challenges; 5. The independence of America; 6. Domestic problems; 7. The colours of cyberspace; Bibliography; Index.
Review of the hardback: 'This is a work of colossal research, invaluably distilled. Catherine Seville has shot new light though the notoriously turgid water of copyright history, in chronicling the emergence of the global copyright regime. The internationalisation of Copyright Law not only joins a specialist debate over contemporary legal reform but also makes a major contribution to the history of the book. Anyone investigating the post-1800 book trade in Britain, Europe, or North America will benefit from this compendious account, wonderfully summarised and exhaustingly documented, of the changed definition of property texts. …Catherine Seville's The Internationalisation of Copyright Law is a monumental accomplishment. It is undeniable that there is a vast historical canopy supplied here, in which many smaller studies will build their nests.' Papers of the Biographical Society of Canada
Chapter
2 International copyright: four interconnected histories
Towards the Berne Convention
Foreign reprints: concerns and responses
International initiatives: efforts towards a multi-lateral agreement
The particular problems of Canada
Early British demands for the protection of her copyright works
Post-Bellum America: national calls for international copyright
The quest for order amongst chaos
The 1911 Actlooking back and looking forward
3 Towards the Berne Union
Foreign reprints: the growing menace
British copyright and foreign nationals
First attempts to stem the tide
The first bilateral treaties
The Anglo-French treaty: the new deal
The 1858 Brussels Congress: early calls for a uniform copyright law
Bilateral agreements: the network expands
French idealism: influence and pressure
First steps towards a Union of literary property: the Berne conferences 1883–6
Britain's role in the creation of the Berne Union
Britain's implementation of the Berne Convention: domestic and colonial problems
The Additional Act of Paris 1896
Britain and the Berlin Act: difficulties and colonial doubts
The book trade in Canada – origins and development
The ban on foreign reprints: early reactions
Pressure for change: towards the 1847 Foreign Reprints Act
The 1847 Foreign Reprints Act provides no solution to the problem
The Dominion of Canada, and the impact of Routledge v. Low
British diplomacy: the 'Canadian proposals' and a draft bill
Canadian turbulence and the formation of the Copyright Association
A clear challenge: the 1872 Canadian Copyright Bill
Towards a compromise: the 1875 Canadian Copyright Act
The Royal Commission and colonial issues
Canada's role in Anglo-America treaty negotiations,1880–84
The Berne Convention forces change but provokes Canadian resentment
Canada seeks to denounce the Berne Convention: the 1889 Copyright Act
America concedes the principle of international copyright
Canadian autonomy and copyright: a matter of constitutional significance
Sir John Thompson's death: impact on the campaign
The Hall Caine initiative
The Hall Caine plan abandoned: towards the 1900 Fisher Act
The turbulence continues: Imperial Book Co. v. Black
Implications of the Berlin revision of the Berne Convention
The Imperial Copyright Conference
The aftermath of the Imperial Conference – an incomplete solution
5 The independence of America
America's publishing trade – origins and opportunities
Early American copyright legislation
Early international exchanges
The Clay bill: early petitions and pressure
Dickens in America: controversy and the Clay bill
The formation of the American Copyright Club
Further memorials to Congress: the publisher George P. Putnam, and Nahum Capen
British periodicals in America: Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Jay's efforts in Congress
Foreign authors under English law: division and doubt
Boosey v. Jefferys: Lord Campbell and copyright for foreigners
Efforts towards an Anglo-American copyright treaty
Jefferys v. Boosey: the House of Lords reverses the position on copyright for foreigners
Jefferys v. Boosey: comment and consequences
Momentum for international copyright lost: 1855–65
Tariffs–their history and their impact on the book trade
Renewed efforts from the International Copyright Association
Formation of the American Copyright Association
Routledge v. Low: the significance of `residence' for American authors
Further efforts towards an Anglo-American Treaty
Bills in Congress: 1871–74
The Royal Commission's view of America, 1875–78
A further treaty proposal: the Harper draft
The Harper draft: Board of Trade consultations
Sackville West takes over the negotiations
The American Copyright League: authors combine
The Berne Convention: the United States stands aloof
The Pearsall Smith Royalty Scheme
The American Authors and Publishers Copyright Leagues combine their efforts
Agreement between the Leagues and the typographical unions: further compromise
The Chace bill: British reactions
The Simonds Report favourable; but defeat in the House
Final manoeuvres: the bill passes, despite determined opposition
Implications of the 1891 Act for Britain: the question of reciprocity
The effects of the 1891 Act: problems for translations
A further attempt to conclude an Anglo-American treaty
The scope of America's international copyright law following the 1891 Act
Codification of American law: the 1909 Copyright Act
Initial responses to the international challenge
The Society of British Authors and The Association for the Protection of Literature
First government attempts at copyright consolidation soon abandoned
Dramatisation right refused
Report of the Royal Commission
Attempts to realise the Commission's scheme
The Society of Authors' Consolidating Copyright Bill 1890
Further failure – the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 1897
Open disagreement – publishers and authors offer separate copyright bills
Private initiatives fail again
Stagnation continues: 1900–08
Impact of the Berlin agreement
Copyright Bills 1910 and 1911
7 The colours of cyberspace
John Wurtele Lovell: a pirate's history
Choosing new colours: principles and techniques
The Internationalisation of Copyright Law
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