First English Copyright Act 1709 : Statute of Anne : Act for the Encouragement

First English Copyright Act 1709

Published by Glenview Press, 1965. Slim 8vo, hardback book with dust jacket. 25 pages.

A very good copy throughout. Jacket very good. Pages clean throughout.

The Statute of Anne (short title Copyright Act 1709 8 Anne c.19; long title "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned") was the first copyright law in the Kingdom of Great Britain (thus the United Kingdom), enacted in 1709 and entering into force on April 10, 1710. It is generally considered to be the first fully-fledged copyright law. It is named for Queen Anne, during whose reign it was enacted.— Excerpted from Statute of Anne on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


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