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Excerpt from Copyright: Its History and Its Law; Being a Summary of the Principles and Practice of Copyright With Special Reference to the American Code of 1909 and the British Act of 1911
In this new stage of copyright development, a com prehensive work on copyright seemed desirable, as pecially with reference to the new American code. Neither Eaton S. Drone nor George Haven Putnam were disposed to enter upon. The task, which has there fore fallen to the presmt writer. He hopes that his participation for the last twenty-five years in copy right development, - during which, as editor of the Publishers' Weekly and of the Library Journal, he has had occasion to keep watch of copyright progress, and as vice~president of the American (authors) Copyright League, he has taken part in the copyright conferences and hearings and in the drafting of the new code, - will serve to make the present volume of use to his fellow members of the Authors Club and to like craftsmen, as well as to publishers and others, and aid in clarifying relations and preventing the waste and cost of litigation among the coordinating factors in the making of books and other forms of ih tellectual property.
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In this new stage of copyright development, a com prehensive work on copyright seemed desirable, as pecially with reference to the new American code. Neither Eaton S. Drone nor George Haven Putnam were disposed to enter upon. The task, which has there fore fallen to the presmt writer. He hopes that his participation for the last twenty-five years in copy right development, - during which, as editor of the Publishers' Weekly and of the Library Journal, he has had occasion to keep watch of copyright progress, and as vice~president of the American (authors) Copyright League, he has taken part in the copyright conferences and hearings and in the drafting of the new code, - will serve to make the present volume of use to his fellow members of the Authors Club and to like craftsmen, as well as to publishers and others, and aid in clarifying relations and preventing the waste and cost of litigation among the coordinating factors in the making of books and other forms of ih tellectual property.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Richard Rogers Bowker
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781331233299
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.9 cm
Page Count - 737
Hardback
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ISBN - 9781528388696
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 4.2 cm
Page Count - 735
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