Literary Copyright Reform in Early Victorian England : the Framing of the 1842 Copyright Act.

This is the first study of the Bills leading to the Copyright Act 1842, during which Talfourd sought to reform copyright law. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, Seville explores the controversy and resistance provoked by the Act, which led to Talfourd having to considerably modify his...

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Main Author: Seville, Catherine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:Cambridge studies in English legal history.
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