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 654 COPYRIGHT

1783 U. S. Constitution Art. I, § 8

1783-90 State copyright laws

1787 Copyright in designs act 27 Geo. m, c. 38

1789 Copyright in designs act 29 Geo. Ill, c. 19

1790 U. S. general copyright act

1794 Cop3fright in designs act 34 Geo. in, c. 23

1798 Sculpture copyright act 38 Geo. in, c. 71

1798 Beckford v. Hood King's Bench L. Kenyon, 7 T. R. 620

Common law remedies also applied in statutory period, 27

1801 Act for the further encouragement of learning 41 Geo. Ill, c. 107

1801 Cary v. Longman King's Bench L. Kenyon, i East, 358

New added material to non-copyright book, protectable as such, 76

1802 U. S. Supplementary act (engravings, etc.)

1812 Morris V. Colman Chancery L. C. Eldon, 18 Vesey, 437

Author under exclusive contract enjoined from furnishing plays elsewhere, 441

1814 Sculpture copyright act 54 Geo. m, c. 56

1814 Amendatory copyright act, for printed books 54 Geo. Ill, c. 156 1817 Gale V. Leckie King's Bench L. Ellenborough, 2 Starkie, 107

Author liable for failure to complete work, 441 1817 Southey ». Sher- Chancery L. Eldon, 2Meriv. 435

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No copyright in immoral book. No right to hold what there was no right to sell, 86

1819 U. S. act extending jurisdiction of Circuit Courts 1819 Clarke v. Price Chancery L. C. Eldon, 2 Wils. C. R. 157

Author cannot be compelled to write, 441

1824 Barfield v. Chancery V. C. Leach, 2 L. J. Ch. 90

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Author may not prejudice sale through 'another book of like subject, 441

1825 Abernethy v. Chancery L. C. Eldon, 3 L. J. (0. S.)

Hutchinson Ch. 209

Unwritten lecture — oral delivery not publication, 90

1826 Mawman v. Tegg Chancery L. C. Eldon, 2 Russ. 383

"Fair use" defined. Inseparable use of copyright material ren- ders whole work an infringement, 256 1828 Clayton v. Stone U. S. C. C. J. Thompson, 2 P^e, 382

Copjrightable property not determined by size, form or shape, but by subject-matter, 69 1831 U. S. general copyright act

1831 Brooke v. Chitty Chancery L. Brougham, 2 Cooper (Cot-

tenham), 216 Court cannot restrain book until there is actual printing and pub- lication, 442