The subjects of patents for useful inventions and of copyrights of authors appear to have been brought forward by Mr. Charles Pinckney.
That they have so acted, we have proof in the fact that the British government has just been forced to turn bookseller, with a view to restrain the owners of copyrights in the exercise of power.
The value of Mr. Thackeray's copyrightshas been greatly increased by his reception here.
Copyrights are now granted in both those countries for new patterns, new forms of clothing, &c.
He parted with all the valuable copyrights for a sum of sixty thousand and odd francs, which sufficed to meet his most pressing engagements.
He had conceived the sublime idea of becoming Balzac's sole publisher; of buying up all his copyrights held by other houses, and of issuing all his new works that were yet to be written.
For one thing, he had incorporated his pen-name, Mark Twain, in order that the protection of his copyrights and the conduct of his literary business in general should not require his personal attention.
With the Harpers and the American Company at war those copyrights were worth but little; he engineered a peace and made them valuable.
His general idea had been to add portions of this matter to his earlier books as the copyrights expired, to give them new life and interest, and he felt that he had plenty now for any such purpose.
English copyrights in proportion; I can buy a lot of the great copyright classics, in paper, at from three cents to thirty cents apiece.
In very prosperous times we might regard our stock & copyrights as assets sufficient, with the money owing to us, to square up & quit even, but I suppose we may not hope for such luck in the present condition of things.
She will be a preferred creditor, and those copyrights will be assigned to her until her claim is paid in full.
The same would apply to copyrights purchased by a university or college.
On bankruptcy the bankrupt's copyrights may be applied for the benefit of the estate; but it would probably be necessary for the Court to order a transfer in conformity with the requirements of the Copyright Acts.
It was reasonable and proper to take a map out of the class of artistic copyrights and to give to it the better and more complete copyright which is intended to be given to literary works.
Copyrights shall be granted for the term of twenty-eight years from the time of recording the title thereof.
Copyrights shall be granted for the term of twenty-eight years from the time of recording the title thereof, in the manner hereinafter directed.
Herein copyright law differs from the law of patents; in the former there may be two concurrent copyrights in what is identically the same creation, in the latter there can only be one patent, the first inventor being entitled.
Sidenote: Copyrights to be under charge of Librarian of Congress.
Finally, virtually all of the restored copyrights will be older works; and in some cases, submitting a copy or phonorecord of the work will be a problem.
The annual report of the Register of Copyrights shall be published separately and as a part of the annual report of the Librarian of Congress.
The Register of Copyrights is authorized to establish regulations not inconsistent with law for the administration of the functions and duties made the responsibility of the Register under this title.
Catalog of Copyright Entries--The Register of Copyrights shall compile and publish at periodic intervals catalogs of all copyright registrations.
The register of Copyrights shall, upon receipt of a document as provided by subsection (a) and of the fee provided by section 708, record the document and return it with a certificate of recordation.
The Register of Copyrights shall make an annual report to the Librarian of Congress of the work and accomplishments of the Copyright Office during the previous fiscal year.
B) The notice shall comply, in form, content, and manner of service, with requirements that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe by regulation.
All administrative functions and duties under this title, except as otherwise specified, are the responsibility of the Register of Copyrights as director of the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
Each monthly payment shall be made under oath and shall comply with requirements that the Register ofCopyrights shall prescribe by regulation.
What is more, finding that publishers in bargaining for copyrights never offered more than half the profits of a single edition, I have always persisted in refusing to sell copyrights, and sold only editions.
The law provides that copyrights may be granted for books, musical compositions, maps, works of art, photographs, and even for unpublished works.
In the case of published works two copies of the best edition must be deposited with the register of copyrightsat Washington.
Why should the granting of copyrights and patents be placed under the jurisdiction of the national government rather than under that of the state governments?
In pursuance of this provision Congress has enacted legislation enumerating the productions for which copyrights may be granted, the conditions under which they may be secured, and the terms for which the protection shall last.
Some monopolies or licenses were patents or copyrights of inventors.
It is said to be against American interests to grant copyright, because the American value of British copyrights will far exceed the British value of American copyrights.
Ten thousand copyrights would not tempt you to pass more than three months in the year away from your Kentish comforts and cousins!
The most valuable American copyrights are those of children's schoolbooks, in which extraordinary ingenuity has been shown, and which are generally such as, with small emendations, would become very popular in England.
This purpose he did not, I now understand, carry into effect during his lifetime, but I believe I am correct in saying that at his death his copyrightswere bequeathed to Mr. Murray.
Meurice, and the copyrights of his other works to M.
The poet is stated to have bequeathed his theatrical copyrights to M.
Footnote 68: It may be of interest to give the "terms" quoted by Mendelssohn for the English copyrights of some of his works.
Jonathan Similarity between the character of Lord Byron and Gave away his copyrights His Stella and Vanessa Swoon, the sensation described Sylla Symplegades Switzerland and the Swiss T.
He was cut to the quick by these notices, and came to the determination to buy back the whole of the copyrights of his works, and suppress every line he had ever written.
Murray proposed that those copyrights of Lord Byron, which were the property of his executors, should be valued by three respectable publishers, and that he should purchase them at their valuation.
Murray requested Mr. Hanson to apply to the executors, and inform him what sum they required for the works of Lord Byron, the copyrights of which were in their possession.
If the arguments employed at the late meeting, are at all tenable, the valuable copyrights of Messrs.
There are very few American authors whose copyrights have proved of any material value to English publishers; and even of that few, the majority have retired for some years past, almost wholly from the field of literature.
Dramatic copyrights also received protection, and an improvement in the judicial administration was effected.
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