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§ 1. Introduction.-§ 2. Method to be pursued.-§ 3. Necessity
for preliminary investigation obviated. § 4. Absolute rights
dismissed.-§ 5. Fundamental question of law of Copyright.
§ 6. What is meant by "Property in literary productions."
-§ 7. Questions to be answered.
CHAPTER II.
THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF THE COPYRIGHT LAWS.
§ 8. Interests of the State in literary property.—§ 9. How they
may be secured.-§ 10. Direct results of the absence of State
protection. § 11. Indirect results of the absence of State
protection. § 12. Evidence of Spencer and Huxley.—§ 13.
Evidence from the United States.-§ 14. Will Copyright
produce cheap books?-§ 15. The Royalty system.-§ 16.
International Copyright
CHAPTER III.
THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH THE LAW OF COPYRIGHT SHOULD
BE BASED.
SECTION I. What should be protected by the State
§ 17. What should be protected ?—§ 18. Unpublished Works.—
§ 19. Lectures and plays.-§ 20. Waiver.-§ 21. Recapitula
tion.
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SECTION II. Nature of the Protection
§ 22. Nature of protection to be afforded by the State.-§ 23.
Monopoly system. § 24. Royalty system.
SECTION III. Qualities to be required in a Protected Work
§ 25. Qualities to be required.-§ 26. Immoral Works.-§ 27.
Originality. § 28. New editions.-§ 29. Newspapers.
SECTION IV.—§ 30. Quantity to be required in a Protected Work
SECTION V. § 31. To whom is Protection to be afforded?
§ 32. Commissioned works.
SECTION VI. Duration of Protection
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28
30
31
§ 33. Duration of protection.-§ 34. Problem of duration.-
§ 35. Competing principles of duration.-§ 36. Result.-
§ 37. What should be term of duration in England?—
§ 38. Two-term Copyright.-§ 39. Recapitulation.-§ 40.
Terms of Copyright in various countries.
SECTION VII. Infringements of Copyright calling for Protection. 42
§ 41. Classes of infringements.—§ 42. Class I. Open reproductions
simpliciter.—§ 43. Class II. Open reproductions with other
matter. § 44. Class III. Disguised reproductions.—§ 45.
Works of fact.-§ 46. Works of fiction.-§ 47. Abridgments.
§ 48. Recapitulation.-§ 49. Class IV. Reproductions through
other channels.-§ 50. Translations.-§ 51. Dramatisation of novels. § 52. Result.-§ 53. Laws of foreign countries.
SECTION VIII. Investitive Facts of Protection.
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§ 54. Investitive facts. § 55. Registration and deposit of
copies: Law of foreign countries.-§ 56. Registration.-
§ 57. Nationality of author and place of publication.-
§ 58. Summary.
SECTION IX.-§ 59. Transvestitive Facts
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60
61
SECTION X.-§ 60. Divestitive Facts
SECTION XI. Remedies for Infringements .
§ 61. Remedies.-§ 62. Limitation of actions.-§ 63. Remedies
against the author.
SECTION XII. § 64. Codification .
CHAPTER IV.
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LAW OF COPYRIGHT.
§ 65. Introduction.-§ 66. Questions at issue.-§ 67. Copyright
before Statute of Anne.-§ 68. Early days of printing.-§ 69.
Royal privileges.-§ 70. History of Stationers' Company.-
§ 71. Registers of Stationers' Company.-§ 72. Resistance
to the Company.-§ 73. Sources of the sole right of printing
in 1623.-§ 74. History, 1625-1643. Decree of 1637.—§ 75.
Protest of Authors: Ordinance of 1643.-§ 76. Ordinances
of Long Parliament.-§ 77. Licensing Act of 1662.-§ 78.
Position of Literary Property in 1660.—§ 79. Statutory
protection ceases. By-law of 1681.-§ 80. Charter of 1684.
By-law of 1694.—§ 81. Recapitulation of period previous to
1710.-§ 82. Cases prior to Statute of Anne.-§ 83. Result.
§ 84. Statute of Anne.-§ 85. Result of Statute of Anne.-
§ 86. Cases under Statute of Anne.~§ 87. Millar v. Taylor.
- 88. Donaldson v. Beckett.-§ 89. Effects of Donaldson
v. Beckett.-§ 90. Subsequent legislation.-§ 91. Talfourd's
Bill.-§ 92. Act of 1842.—§ 93. Jefferies v. Boosey.—§ 94.
Colonial Copyright: Commission of 1875.-§ 95. Recapitu
lation of history.-§ 96. Common Law Copyright.—§ 97.
Answers to questions in § 66.-§ 98. History in other
countries
CHAPTER V.
ENGLISH LAW OF LITERARY COPYRIGHT. PART I.
INTRODUCTION
§ 99. Introduction.
SECTION I. Unpublished Works
67-116
§ 100. English law as to unpublished works.-§ 101. Nature and
limits of right.-§ 102. Investitive facts.-§ 103. Trans-
vestitive facts.-§ 104. Letters.-§ 105. Conditional com-
munications.-§ 106. Divestitive facts.-§ 107. Infringements
and remedies.-§ 108. Comparative summary.
SECTION II. Oral Communications, Lectures.
§ 109. Nature of right.—§ 110. Investitive facts.-§ 111. Dives-
titive facts. § 112. Transvestitive facts.-§ 113. Remedies.
§ 114. Sermons.-§ 115. Recommendations of Commission.
§ 116. Foreign countries.
SECTION III. Oral and Printed Communications, Plays.
§ 117. Introduction.-§ 118. Faults of English Law of Dramatic
Copyright.-§ 119. History before statutory protection, 1833.
- 120. Statutory provisions.-§ 121. Author's rights in
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130
dramatic compositions.-§ 122. What is a dramatic piece?
-§ 123. What is a place of dramatic entertainment?--
§ 124. Infringements of author's rights. Dramatisation of
novels.-§ 125. Duration of protection.-§ 126. Investitive
facts. § 127. Transvestitive facts.-§ 128. Divestitive facts.
§ 129. Remedies for infringements.-§ 130. Laws of other
countries. § 131. International Dramatic Copyright.—
§ 132. Recommendations of the Copyright Commission.
CHAPTER VI.
MUSICAL COPYRIGHT IN ENGLAND.
§ 133. Introduction.-§ 134. Unpublished musical works.—§ 135.
History till 1842.-§ 136. Statutory provisions.-§ 137.
Performing right in music.-§ 138. Musical Copyright Act,
1882. § 139. Rights of the author.-§ 140. Registration.
§ 141. Subject of Copyright.-§ 142. Infringements of Copy-
right. § 143. Assignments.-§ 144. Remedies for infringe-
ment. § 145. Laws of foreign countries.-§ 146. Recom-
mendations of Copyright Commission.
CHAPTER VII.
ENGLISH LAW OF LITERARY COPYRIGHT.
155-164
PART II.-BOOKS.
§ 147. Definitions.-§ 148. Newspapers.-§ 149. Maps.-§ 150.
Crown copyright.-§ 151. Qualities required in copyright
work. § 152. Literary value.-§ 153. Titles of books.-
§ 154. Originality.-§ 155. New editions.-§ 156. Duration
and extent of right.-§ 157. Persons who may acquire the
right.-§ 158. Infringements of copyright -§ 159. Literary
piracy. 160. Abridgments. -§ 161. Translations.
§ 162. Literary larceny.-§ 163. Rights of author.-§ 164.
Duties of author.-§ 165. Investitive facts.-§ 166. Trans-
vestitive facts.-§ 167. Divestitive facts.-§ 168. Remedies
against infringements.-§ 169. Remedies against author.-
§ 170. Recommendations of Commission .
CHAPTER VIII.
PRINCIPLES OF ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT.
165-198
§ 171. Introduction.-§ 172. Is artistic copyright desirable?—
§ 173. Arguments against artistic copyright.-§ 174. Sir J. F.
Stephen's views.-§ 175. Defences of artistic copyright.-
§ 176. Views of Euglish art-world.— § 177. Justification of
artistic copyright.- § 178. Examination of Stephen's view.
-§ 179. Examination of other views.-§ 180. Unpublished
artistic works. What is publication?-§ 181. Definition
of publication in Artistic Copyright Bill of 1883.—§ 182.
Registration of artistic work.-§ 183. Proposals of Copyright
Commission as to registration.-§ 184. Effects of sale on
copyright. Commissioned works.-§ 185. Photographs.-
§ 186. Infringements.-§ 187. Search and seizure.—§ 188.
Codification
199-219
§ 190. Unpublished works of art.-§ 191. Cases on the subject:
Prince Albert v. Strange.-§ 192. Jeffreys v. Boosey.—§ 193.
Turner v. Robinson.-§ 194. Statute of 1862.-§ 195. Recent
cases.-§ 196. Result.—§ 197. What is publication? Turner
v. Robinson.-§ 198. General conclusions.
SECTION II. Engravings, Prints, &c.
§ 199. Statutes.-§ 200. Subject-matter of right.-§ 201. Nature
of right. § 202. Investitive facts.-§ 203. Transvestitive
facts. § 204. Divestitive facts.-§ 205. Infringements of
copyright.—§ 206. Copies in pen and pencil.—§ 207. Prin-
ciples of infringement.—§ 208. Remedies for infringement.
-§ 209. International copyright.-§ 210. Recommendations
of Commission.
SECTION III. Paintings, Drawings, and Photographs
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§ 211. Statutes.-§ 212. Subject-matter of the right. § 213.
Nature of the right.—§ 214. Investitive facts. Registration.
-§ 215. Transvestitive facts. Tuck v. Canton.-§ 216. Di-
vestitive facts-§ 217. Infringements of the right.—§ 218.
Remedies and penalties.
§ 219. Statutes.-§ 220. Nature of the right.-§ 221. Investitive
facts.-§ 222. Infringements of the right.-§ 223. Remedies
for infringements.-§ 224. Recommendatious of the Com-
mission.
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