Title: The question of copyright ;
Authors: Putnam, George Haven,; Besant, Walter,; Bowker, R. R.; Matthews, Brander,; Simonds, William Edgar,; Stephen, James Fitzjames,; Besant, Walter,; Stephen, James Fitzjames,
Date: 1891
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Physical description: xii, 412 pages ; 20 cm.
Language: English
LC class: Z
Contents: Editor's preface. -- The nature and origin of copyright, by R.R. Bowker. -- The evolution of copyright, by Brander Matthews. -- Literary property: an historical sketch, by G.H. Putnam. -- Development of copyright in England, by R.R. Bowker. -- Summary of the history of copyright in the U.S. [by R.R. Bowker] U.S. copyright law of July, 1870. -- Hawley copyright bill of January, 1885. -- Report of the International copyright bill of the House Committee on patents, by W.E. Simonds. -- U.S. copyright act of March, 1891. -- Analysis of the Copyright act of March, 1891, by G.H. Putnam. -- Digest of the copyright law of Great Britain, by Sir James Stephen. -- Report of the British copyright commission of 1878. -- The Monkswell bill, introduced into Parliament on behalf of the British Society of authors, November 26, 1890. -- Analysis of the Monkswell bill, by Walter Besant. -- Analysis of the Pearsall Smith scheme, by G.H. Putnam. -- Report of the Berne copyright convention of September, 1887. -- Report of the copyright convention of South America held at Montevideo, January 11, 1889. -- Henry Clay's report to the U.S. Senate, in favor of international copyright, February 16, 1837. -- Cheap books and good books, by Brander Matthews. -- International copyright and the prices of books, by G.H. Putnam. -- Copyright, monopolies, and protection, by G.H. Putnam. -- Summary of the existing copyright laws of the more important countries of the world. -- The contest for international copyright, by G.H. Putnam. -- Extracts from the speeches of Senators Platt, Evarts, and Hiscock in the copyright debate in the Senate, 1891. -- The vote in the House of representatives, December 3, 1890, by which the copyright bill was passed. -- The vote in the Senate, March 4, 1891, by which the copyright bill was passed.
Notes: Chiefly reprints of papers originally published during the "copyright campaign" in the U.S.