Description
Book SynopsisThere has been an explosion of interest in recent years regarding the origin and of intellectual property law. The study of copyright history, in particular, has grown remarkably in the last twenty years, with a flurry of activity in the last ten. This
Handbook takes stock of the field of copyright history as it stands today, as well as examining potential developments in the future.
The contributions feature copyright and history experts from across the UK, Australia, the United States, France, Spain and Italy. Covering European, US and international copyright history and traversing from the 16th Century to the early 20th century, this book offers a broad survey of the field and a solid foundation for future research.
Students and scholars of copyright law, authorship, art, and the book and music trades will find this book to be an invaluable resource. It will also be of use to practising lawyers and judges with an interest in the doctrinal history of copyright law.
Contributors: I. Alexander, J. Bellido, C. Bond, K. Bowrey, O. Bracha, E. Cooper, I. Gadd, J.C. Ginsburg, H.T. Gómez-Arostegui, B. Lauriat, N.A. Mace, H. MacQueen, A.J. Mann, S. Ricketson, F. Rideau, C. Seville, M. Woodmansee
Trade Review'This Research Handbook
is a great overview for readers new to the subject of copyright history.' --
Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice'`Anyone remotely involved or interested in how the law of copyright has developed in our new IT age will find this book a magnificent journey through special parts of our common law history. . . Academics researching copyright law, authorship, art, and the book and music trades we know will find this title an invaluable resource for their work. It will also be of use to practitioners and the judiciary with an interest in the doctrinal history of copyright law which is so well set out here and another example of the excellent publications produced for lawyers from Elgar for their research handbooks in intellectual property series of legal works.'
--The Barrister Magazine
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Isabella Alexander and H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui PART I HISTORIOGRAPHY 2. Copyright History in the Advocate’s Arsenal Barbara Lauriat 3. Law, Aesthetics and Copyright Historiography: A Critical Reading of the Genealogies of Martha Woodmansee and Mark Rose Kathy Bowrey 4. The ‘Romantic’ Author Martha Woodmansee PART II UNITED KINGDOM PERSPECTIVES 5. The Stationers’ Company in England before 1710 Ian Gadd 6. The Anatomy of Copyright Law in Scotland before 1710 Alastair J. Mann 7. Literary Property in Scotland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Hector MacQueen 8. Music Copyright in Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Britain Nancy A. Mace 9. How Art Was Different: Researching the History of Artistic Copyright Elena Cooper 10. Determining Infringement in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries in Britain: ‘A ticklish job’ Isabella Alexander 11. Equitable Infringement Remedies before 1800 H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui PART III INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 12. Proto-Property in Literary and Artistic Works: Sixteenth-Century Papal Printing Privileges Jane C. Ginsburg 13. British Colonial and Imperial Copyright Catherine Seville 14. The Public International Law of Copyright and Related Rights Sam Ricketson 15. El Salvador and the Internationalisation of Copyright Jose Bellido PART IV NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 16. United States Copyright, 1672–1909 Oren Bracha 17. ‘Cabined, Cribbed, Confined, Bound In’: Copyright in the Australian Colonies Catherine Bond 18. Aspects of French Literary Property Developments in the Eighteenth (and Nineteenth) Centuries Frédéric Rideau 19. Codified Anxieties: Literary Copyright in Mid-Nineteenth Century Spain Jose Bellido Index
