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The Question of Copyright : Comprising the Text of the Copyright Laws at Present in Force in the Chief Countries of the World
1891ref. 14739New York: G P Putnam's Sons. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Subtitle continues: "Together with a report of the legislation now pending in Great Britain a sketch of the contest in the United States 1837-1891 in behalf of international copyright and certain papers on the development of the conception of literary property and the probable effects of the new American law." Published the same year as the passage of the US International Copyright Act of 1891 which first extended limited copyright protection to foreign copyright holders from select nations. "Chiefly reprints of papers originally published during the "copyright campaign" in the U.S." - WorldCat. "George Haven Putnam 1844-1930 was a publisher and author best known for his commitment to the establishment of national copyright legislation in the U.S. and to American adherence to the international copyright Convention of Berne. After serving in the U.S. Civil War he entered his father's publishing house G.P. Putnam's Sons. He assumed the presidency of the firm in 1872 and became an authority on the legal implications of copyright. In 1886 he formed the American Publishers' Copyright League and the English Speaking Union in the U.S." - NYPL George Haven Putnam papers. An interesting compilation of copyright law history by an influential American publisher and advocate of international copyright protections. ; Questions of the Day; Vol. 67; xii 142 2 ad pages . G P Putnam's Sons hardcover
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