New-York tribune., 1879-01-31
TryIrI0NIL C0PTEIGHE


~ GlOEGE HAYES PUTNAM BEFORE
lu - rur TREE TRADE CLUB
"un = uarlors of the NcW-YOrk Free Trade
r.rHrS evening were gathered about forty
D. ! 20 20 listen 10 address by George
% II Trtuam on e Iutornationnl Copyright and it,
I 4 90 Ethics and Political L"onomy' Among
n present were Horace Wmtc the Rev.
y = Ircngus Prime, \. j.. I. Ran
A ~. g. ". Carleton. A. G. Armstrong C. r Lewis,
w. Chrstern, ". Il. sperry, A. c. Armstrong, and the
, MI DE COSTA. Captain Goldman occupied the chair.
NJ Putnam sat while reading his essay, which, though
somewhat long was listened to with marked attention
and evident pleasure.
The strongest opposition 10 copyright measure has,
ae a rule, come from the protcctiOnlsts. copyT-h
law however must he the first step that VIII lead TO
the long yishcdfor American nCNe! We WouiI recon-
mend 4 measure based upon the suggestion 0i Ihr b't-
ions tndt have been Included IN the teV-
eral American schemes; ~ Ihat tIe uIc hc
%t the lcreisn Mu,h We & FngLsWt'" i, ruhicann
abroad 2l that the work be iepubllstd Il III lhe ~,
states within six months Of ts puiicai%%n On anf0I tyi
shall he made that the rcpuhliSlinr he done py , an
the copyright protection he given to those books "ny
that have been printed aud bound IN ihls conn
lrs foreign stcreoiypcs and eleclro'ypes OF cuts
ana - hat subject 10 these provisions. tho foreign
author ur assigns snail hc accorded the same pIIVi-
lrc,s now conceded 10 an American author.
proposition Sill doubtless be made IN the course OF
of an International Commission fora fresh consideration
of the subject, and our Government ought 10 pre-
pare for tins commission 10y Inc cary appoint
inent OF a home commission 10 collect and harmonile
the various opinions The subject. should he inds
d srd L. urust It's settlement to the House Of Repre-
scntatvcs hut should suppose that 1t could probably be
| q treaty. The few foreign bfius That have made
payments for American volumes have found
themselves nj once confronted by rival and cheaper
editions Seven editions " " IIcens Babies were
sued by different British houses, aggregang
sac for which the au hur did not receive penny.
For the adv shette Of the srQuc to this
paid him $50. But So fierce was the scramble for II by
ihc halfdOzcu more publishers who hurried through
/ their reprints from the American journal III
housc sent out - the British public minus the
cudug chapter, while another, s'ill cnerprsiug.
! bad the last cnWcr "i It's edition added by
! Mrs. PrentisS, Miss Phelps, o. ". lIOmes,
! Mrs. stowe, and most ~ "ur popular authors,
there are many rN al English editions and ono house
can pay Tor rivals would not respect
I8ugcments. an the other hand Inrllsh authors like
! Ge0igr Eliot, Miss Mulock. William BlacS and others,
receive liberal payments from American publishers.
Within the last year certain "lbfsries' and series "
have sprung into existence, III inch standard
works that be bought very cECdply These enter
pses are conducted by house, that have heretofore
dealt with standard fiction and which do not respect
The international arrange or trade COutcsrs OF
the firms. If these tCnccnt series have shown
their service. In TACT, tho competition which they
have caused already cOny ucad OF the hitherto
Publishers OF the necessity OF international
| copYTgit Ia
! fhc rev Dr. Prime. Horace White, Mr. Eandolph and
others participated ~ the discussion that followed
/ Dr. Prime told Of q man who showed hlm Lpglis
IL would pay 10 reprint II III America The doctor -aid
! no thought II would. q" Perhaps all this dr
! Grulty would he avoided II hoosS printed III
clohrr" lIaughtcTl Horace White did not think IA,
people cared q straw about the natter and Mr. Ran
dolph thought the question Wond he settled II the diff
Gully relating 10 the rcpriutinS could hc scttled1