The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

notdit
3o boldly
d l thosey
and who
openlypursued
before it btohn:
buted, instead of meanly skulking behiud-th?oe „, pro.
and reputation due to thee for the articles
anonymous writing ? The noble lord conclud
oiluArahle
posing the insertion after the words, " anY•c;fLee onera-
abridgment of the same," of a proviso limitier, In,l-ee,o.
tion of the clause to such original articles, parrreeLtrunder
municatiens, &c.,' as were signed by and pubas o
_C arti•
the true names of the writers, with the exceptio of
tiallY hi
cles from foreign countries relating wholly or par
the public policy of suchicountries. could iwt
Nfivodrelda,sclaanimaiv:gea.tchi:on:dor
whether
• move his proviso until the committee had decid The CHAIRMAN said that the noble loratondshY
the clause should be read a second time.
considerable difficulties involved in the questic!i? i_loPe been
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—There are, no..tenivit
paper copyright; but, at the same time, it won( l u
deal with
very improper if my right hon. friend,
measure like the present, had not atter» elter of
it. 'The subject is one which should be disc
Ater•,
merits, and stripped of all that-epecies of misreprr I
in which hon. gentlemen delight to indulge. ( saetii all
There is nothing at all about news in the clau"ropro.
these humorous 'statements whict have been m,,bieet,
sent that the clause is, directed entirely to oneiLiet
ed
one werree
_,. the
whereas it is directed to another. If any
to put his finger upon that portion of the literatne
b° way
present day in which, as a matter.of coinpositiocin the
take a just pride, he might point to that which is iigLivere
pu
discussed
senad ii ettuterp 00 d%tii
ttc:i :rigeo,lll
ephemeral literature of the day—as if on that h, ',Lod that
less deserving of encouragement—and he would n_leyetl
the greatest labour, expense, and anxiety are e%heri
upon these sources of information. I desire hon.
on'sted to •
to ask themselves this question—is any ene prep,
bill 111/
deny that, as soon as the change
effected, he does not expect that, day by dal., : 0 price,'
publications will issue forth unstaniped• naritnt este*"
whatever, and feeding entirely upon the
hp
n.
Relied newspapers ? I will ask my right Jaen. friend
member for Manchester whether he does noisesalithiu
there will be established newspapers aPP pabliOo
few hours—probably within one or two—after the
most or
tion of the London newspapers, containing the urwoooa
• h the et,
portant articles and communications which , expos,
proposed by toiood of:
press has gathered with infinite labour and vast this
S"
(Hear. hear.) My attention has been directed to Ivo or.
ject from the personal experience I have had•ued tho:
three years ago there was started a paper dal, ,
Politician, which appeared regularly (Wl' and dal'
half-past nine o'clock in the morning, . i of •,
for the breakfast table. That paper consisteur,s pllO5
the leading articles in the morning nevccirthe le
lished within five and seven o'clock, and _, Till
important articles and statements of those PP: 7;001.!
newspapers combined in a body to put down tlgidaltY.7
but from the state of the law there was great di,. be L".
effecting that object, and I think it could har, •iol right
complished. Now, what is the proposition 0-, the rigTs
hon. friend ? It is divided into two parts —fin„. tbo I
of ceypright which it gives, and then the 1,11'19 Jraobe,
applies. I agree with my right hon. friend tl °t a bat
for Manchester with. regard to the remedy that
Bat the '
deal may be said in opposition to it. (Cheers.) 4.0 seen
c°
same may be said of every proposal which"desireic; pl:
push that which cannot be attained without t _tidal!) .
of much that we have been in the habit of coo o' ecl:g°r;
as necessary to justice. A prompt, sPeedh eels.° dar, t
mical remedy is desired, and in proportion
~fici '3,,
this we must give up much of the dignitYtb; dllteat9.
we have been accustomed to connect witt isio,.
ministration of justice. It is said finalh ,%Lie, letts
there shall be a property in every orig ar,....0 wltie
paragraph, communication, and corapeelo"sneper.t.l
shall be for the first time published in every newritioe ill:e ,
this country. This clause is distorted the.r,,,,,,/t?_ ,
it introduces the word "news." This is entre yter tr ~
offence :—" If any person shall within 24 bon earograPee;
first publication of any original article, letter, Ecoptv
communication, or composition .in any ,uen,_ie, lettot'.: ,
print and publish any copy of such original errtwe 0,01 t'.
paragraph, communication, or composition, 0 A.° or alto *,
terial part thereof, or any colourable abridgnien!)r3ted C°sP(t,
tion of the same." Now, the identity of the Pie 01 atli ••
with the original is to be ascertained in the Pin
or, cos 6.
more g
is now ascertained with regard to larger antthe levgn of '
publications—namely, by the identity with iongooeo /
ia which the communication is made. If the firmed cop/
the original communication and that of the Poli,iig eos,
are so plainly identical and so nearly r° ill
, c,'LLI
other thatit is impossible to mistake, that iv" ''h„, eta°.
men-sense case criterion in the one case as .i,e,ed" . I ~,,vi
as to the fact of piracy having been conalrun',o toeeTir .
surprised to find my hon. and learned friend the e col°o
for Leominster putting his finger upon tangwr`tined 100,
able abridgment," because, if my hon• rat to law tio
is conversant with the law, he wouhlknow-of tbeL*terotot
the words which enter into' every expressionsi i one ur t
it now stands on this subject. The remedy , the Itloia.
right hon. friend (Mr. M. Gibson) out to lby ',or'
object to, since it is taken from an actfram° Act 0f 10
chester Protectionist—(a laugh)— I refer to tl'.o„. (litloi
liament brought in to protect copyright of deei's-tiporLihi,jer
Yet you have no difficulty in committing telifficUlt,Cl, ill
magistrate or two justices of the peace th ditliorete;
tion of copyright of design, while you hevl9' of '1°914
trusting these justices with the opportunt Yut, the Pia ,I'
what every man of common sense could point ° right ell 0,6,
of a paragraph or article allowed to be coloYr:t the s* a,
lowing them to say whether the language is 4. so pearlc ii*
or whether the language of the one doe!, n° id the °n sr 1
prach to that of the other that it might Pe e f the OI tot
piratic il abridgment or imitation e ~erbie ,ei
think that any justice of the peace could dn't. al 011
duty, and that this is the proper occasion for;t7tationi;a"ei
the present state of the law to pass without .7tiug Defying
to introduce some improvement in the Ll'l deo° ehti
the la*. I think my right hon. friend ''''!„ oh/Aum to
more than his duty. If, however, the he? Doge
r iielr
rianliluyoelttdhhieSnTkdAitshNeauLtssEtihoyne.publie interests do no b le•th ml!, it•
proceed further, he will no doubt be conteertheri Prof
suggested the improvement, and will not ftit words #°„ coo'
distinction betweenris
t. Solicitor-General, it would almost be,erhe-40balhwhoul
had admitted a copyright The r.
andie) anaalbto
Gipaioogfkitinsentraie:;'eilv
it
ee -cot eic
i. si 0 ariar
ciebtiestlittiii:ert, ,
tahneorneynamiegubstlyb.e
a(Hpieraare,yrear.) They would eon that and
hand; it was argued that originalthe matte •
stage not L;
of r n, -
making public of that which had. taken Pla°,100• !1•:,li
subject of copyright. The subject, therefore ",i-stiag; il.'
bya legislative enactment they could attempt t 0 .
faiencei 4:
between the statement and the comment--theit,,, not *,.,,,
the fact upon which it was founded. Fie. 0301..3 to iii
tempt to solve that problem, and he believeacellr4.ol
absolutely insoluble. It was admitted that .*.tioe -egt
could be given where the original coraillonet-g's 0;01:
copied word for word. Here there was some basis • -0(
upon, but if they trusted to similarity of argil oterei
identity of ideas upon public questions and /110:0000 ,
general interest which were employing at the ; ds<
meet the minds of hundreds andthTettsa„nd.„l de ) aP(jek
they might be doing great injustice. Nu's- e.l) e....a"4
cwoao
ouefhuttaelt
ttntbileibewte
ahs
experiencecalmepavpneieds nel
iew eohtfahootdafftiws
argument pttabiesngnt
distinguishing
heouinreigeagnr
might
iindependentsgbt
worksof:
rp
,elecyn,o
for; 0 0
7i #
much. in the same words ? (Hear, hear.) ',he, be 0/
present appeared to him iinpossiibn"lae—tlithaescrat'eurrij-loirF;
have supported the clause. As it stood n° alined
the clause would be perfectly impracticable, u eh". f tlic,
law.
Mr. MILNES hoped that before the Chanceligel°Le#'
'Exchequer withdrew the clause he would give dell dl';
an assurance that he would devote his best ene 4001 irt
to devising some mode of reconciling
whothe
u"- t
their hearts that some alteration of presee- the
needed. l
tied ir l*
Mr. FOX said, the great evil to be apprehen .1. was oa
omission of some such clause as this• from rascallyh' tivolt,io ,
the:establishment of a cheap press, living pi; pig Log •
existing newspapers, would lower the character c'o'boierth
journals, and would destroy their superiority inning f°ice, ,
extensive and accurate information, and in ci,eii se.nr• la,
talent of the highest 'description for the Pu'-',.,-cers."llli; 1
(Hear.) It could not possibly, answer for nescsl7'.„' of ineel,
out large sums of money in obtaining some Pic-toeiLle,4l.
gene() from a considerable distance, if it were ITudiaiu;iif •
rtioo
publishingbr
aetceodm bey :
ithetth. e
ppTarhosespieportgroyovfientfchiiatshleelpaapupuseebr:lic, or ef sli °Oil,
interposing between the public and the Purr' t be „oil,
as
ecobutill go
paerrparoor;
for of course all the respectable provincial new4ll:l)°,e, ar
prietors would make their arrangements with v 10alnief,
papers, who went to the expense of obtaining 11h, 0 Jo
telligonce. They would pay their fair share hose eilLe„,ll/ -1
so incurred, and it would be only fair that t,,zolie,' fof,
, knownn)
boktganaayi
Intscgohoior
ant uhtpleedol
sl
rg.iingtohiewonenicbsteiht
ao
lin
tt
et heef ntebwe s n
locality t i l it b 0 egev:ool 'ofti l ,
considerable amount
ori
cur these heavy expenoes if their best corepositionoco% Self,
o,t andneedstlbatm
;fbwouratoswuernb:brternisot:n:::aisnpvd:opttrebirciessoilrereeeit:raole
Immediately pirated by a a warm of cheap publictfor 'tee
.p . ~
ivaemigel
eeykslap.y:oppTatehhpriseesirrnfes was a weekly paper which re,euel the,,olr., ,
largo circulation by getting early copies or l',toty;-„te-1
be a great falling off in transferringtwPlaoaut'
frdi
boe bretreatiti hlbieetneenyi
ocrt;efilb,de edeses;oiiiali r ttp
ot
hpbi
oces:11. ;Igardiootunevi
isttio.":ol
:obi;
000:0;
expense for intelligence oroli
now characterised our press. This would. cowl' oei/eativ
balance every advantage which the press might restaniVo
the repeal of the stamp duty la rosent the p Cr, tbt
did render it necessary the. t thereP should b° rt for tali .
amount of capital and intelligence forthcoralveoftce so
establishment of a newspaper and a certain degr: e110,..c1i
displayed in its management, but, without soit-,•el• 0 7
this, all would be pulled down to one cotairn`f ji-e sleiel'e„il
had been said of the American journals ; 131-1"4.0 the"ol3.,',
lcvi
conduced
eitheree
nrayrd: s
coierndwr ynt
eiottwoht seel,
re
regard
grvoiaagurlirdub
eatijournalsoanaca broughtonydignity
mcomposition,ou sofowrdtriohoi 7teio:ugywii
sbiorti:io,
~,,otl,oe
ti,
generally from any desire on the part oft'theliWt tb°oll°uleirsL'
Ntsuchvoerro amsayirletoteptmodln.
-e'
Dewut ()sits P ebnaredoaitot:e,
bett eocgi
u,efttbohrufegtororstwfitomearnrpodl
ono
ohspt.ot
ber
p::bolejvilsep
ost
rt, ~;e1
to
e.
sciio
0:
nience of those arrangements by which several , tL'Ott'f
aP"seJrwsuoporrinrre.o st; weree
lettersanonymousof
~Runnymede,cont ri bu ti own sh
itoehi i t).
etho 003 to. oti
emi;
more recent times, was
had also produced considerablepolitical effec" ~rescA 01',1 '
had first created thet'ebli° ell it not
impreasion on the had
oileo it of
respect to the conduct of the war which n'.,tia h ,01ce,c
compelled 'that in •
1 press, country
and
a wasi
ts inquiry now in progress ~ , , cil, ,rP',
been for the press, should we ever have ha"- „Van: 5•Pd
I.lnravelling any of the causes b which our g-ooss ',view
it not th-eoairticles in the . its.. ,e-
-in the Crimea had been b 'lto so sadi,e„,heo,e,lliv,
upnredgerreegerweaatemeoungloibg
ja.eteitonwslitcoh 'ol;orylsrPhi-toV,,i :
man ought te prize and endeavour to proltetoei io t 1- e'
though e
gard to the difficulties which it was said sto. ht be oticei
(4,fbenforcing the law of copyright, these nrgttotiecortiLi
legalw opponentshould
b thee clauseeied allowedsbetie ictr :iii, tiitioteehr:oo
ft efri,,eo,
not see, since it affected the' pocl.ets© efboirreeeteeiireor. ,
ii, large body of respectable persons. The .he Pe tlole li '
Electric Telegraph Company (Mr. Ilioarder,/ n o'4 welts
itww would
l salbetarneul
itl n toab them
ido follow
wr him,tt ies
caonnadp _pe
country.be ryli ip Ems&
set: hb ey :itupe 0:0-
net: Dro, e,
it thelf., the,' so,
who collected news for them at 'Vienna, anir. 3 ll'i's I' e
communicate it to the leadin journals? -11,nlotilrYllelt
lie did not see what greater rgi ht they had -.00.,-, 0-#.
which came under his notice , fit of this news than a clerk ingthe Post-offiee,rieeh'3ol 'lff
to take advantage of the contents of 60. Lb° 'er°°'t;'
out
scribed 'l-
- he could not av,fficiently admire ti, t. 0 ,
. gra ' ~ de ,13°
of the -
of establishing newspaper copyright,
it were 0- tig 3
He
esphroepaeddseoemmeuemhortv%7olsde tithe
111:100
~
would inflict an injury on the press $'
destroy the benefit intended to be conferre— co
•00 is
abolition of the stamp. ;, tteobher
,„, Oa
Mr. RICARDO could not allow the '720 Icrooeltal
tamed in the latter part of the hon. 1130,2:-boa., '62"'
Wohtilichervroniailovi tp
pass without an immediate answer., .ji..11,000 00
seemed to think that the despatches will"'
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