...came into force on 10 April 1710. This was entitled ' An act for the ' encouragement of learning by vesting the copies of printed ' books in the authors,...purchasers of such copies, during ' the times therein mentioned ', the times being in the case of books already printed twenty-one years, and in the case...

...law right had been taken away by the statute 8 Anne, c. 19, "for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies during the time therein mentioned." The discussion of the soundness of the views of the majority of the judges,...

...still later in Prussia. The full title of the statute, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of Such Copies," makes clear the intent of the act. The spread of knowledge is the stated aim, and it is to be achieved...

...enacted on April 10, 1710. The phrasing of the act, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning by Vesting copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned," suggests the concern for the "learned" authors themselves. See Blagden, Stationers' Company,...

...the Statute of Anne, which carried the full title of "An act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors...purchasers of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."2- A relatively short statute of eleven sections, it actually dealt with three copyrights:...

...the Statute of Anne, which carried the full title of "An act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors...purchasers of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.'"-"-' A relatively short statute of eleven sections, it actually dealt with three copyrights:...

...TECHNOLOGIES, LETTERS & SAMUEL JOHNSON (1987). II. Entitled "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors...Purchasers of such Copies, during the Times Therein Mentioned," the Statute of Anne, which came into effect on 10 April 1710, was not quite the landmark...

...Statute of Anne) to protect copyright. But it was titled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors...purchasers of such copies during the times therein mentioned." Evidently, Parliament's motivation in passing the statute did not coincide with the interests...

...151,156 (1975); See England's Statute of Anne of 1710, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of Such Copies" for the origin of Anglo-American copyright. 12. 499 US at 345 (citations omitted). 13. See Northwestern...

...provinces."53 In 1709, a statute voted by the Parliament, titled An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors...Purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned, destroyed the old publishing system that had operated to the overwhelming advantage of the...