The Laws of Copyright: An Examination of the Principles which Should Regulate Literary and Artistic Property in England and Other Countries : Being the Yorke Prize Essay of the University of Cambridge for the Year 1882, Revised and Enlarged |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... piracy , and such work must be of an ephemeral nature . The time and labour necessary to produce great works of thought could not be given , except by the favoured few , and their social surroundings are not favourable for profound ...
... piracy , and such work must be of an ephemeral nature . The time and labour necessary to produce great works of thought could not be given , except by the favoured few , and their social surroundings are not favourable for profound ...
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... piracy . France ( b ) more justly prohibits abridgments if they interfere with the sale of the original work , and the Courts have applied this to the sale of a much abridged version of a novel , interspersed with critical remarks . So ...
... piracy . France ( b ) more justly prohibits abridgments if they interfere with the sale of the original work , and the Courts have applied this to the sale of a much abridged version of a novel , interspersed with critical remarks . So ...
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... piracy to translate without authority any work from one dialect of their languages into another , or from a dead language into a living one . Spain very liberally grants to the owner of a foreign work the property in translations of his ...
... piracy to translate without authority any work from one dialect of their languages into another , or from a dead language into a living one . Spain very liberally grants to the owner of a foreign work the property in translations of his ...
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... piracy , and will take the form of confiscation of copies rather than of direct fine . Principle fringe- ment . § 53 . foreign The law of foreign States ( i ) on the more important points has already been stated ; and the legislation of ...
... piracy , and will take the form of confiscation of copies rather than of direct fine . Principle fringe- ment . § 53 . foreign The law of foreign States ( i ) on the more important points has already been stated ; and the legislation of ...
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