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Laws Concerning Literary Property, &C.
these periods , without the consent of the proprietor in writing , such books shall be forfeited , and the offender shall forfeit one penny for every sheet . ' It is also enacted , ' that in order to entitle the author or proprietor to prosecute any person for reprinting his book , he shall , before the publication , enter it in the register-book , of the company of Stationers . ' The fourth section gives a power to the archbishop of Canterbuiythe lord chancellorand otherson complaint
, , , that books are sold at an unreasonable price , to reduce the same . Sect . 5 . enacts , that nine copies of each book shall , before publication , be delivered to the warehouse-keeper of the company of Stationers , for the use of the university libraries of Oxford and Cambridge , the libraries of the four universities of Scotland , the library of Sion college hi London , and the library belonging to the faculty of advocates in
Edinburgh ; and if this be not done , the proprietor , printer , or bookseller , shall forfeit the value of the books , and also 5 I . for every copy not delivered . The universities having been alarmed at the decision of the house of lords , applied for , and obtained an act of parliament , establishing , in perpetuity-, their ri ght to all the copies given them heretofore , or which mi g ht hereafter lie given to , or acquired by them . This was accordingly complied with b 3 stat . 15 Geo . 111 . c . 53 , A . D . 1775 . This latter act also amends the act of 8 th Anne , respecting the
registering of works at Stationer ' s-hall ; in doing which , the title to the copy of the whole book , and every volume thereof , must now be entered . By the 8 th Geo . II . c . 13 , A . D . 1735 , intitlecl , ' An act for the encouragement of the arts of designing , engraving , and etching historical and other prints , by vesting the properties thereof in the
inventors and engravers , & c . it is enacted , that ' after the 25 th of June , . 173 ; , the property of historical and other prints shall be vested in the inventor for 14 years , from the clay of publishing thereof ; the name of the publisher must be engraved on each print ; and if any person pirate the same , he shall forfeit the plate wherein the design is so piratedand all the copies taken therefromto the proprietor , and also
, , the sum of five shillings ( half to the king and half to the person suing ) for eveiy such cop 3 * . . A second act 7 th Geo . III . c . 3 8-. A . D . & 6 . amends the former , and gives the engraver of any print , taken from any drawing whatever , the same protection , under the same penalties , as the engraver of any print from his own drawing . A third stat . 17 th Geo . III . c .
47 . . D . 1777 , still further secures the property of prints , to inventors and engravers , by enabling them to procure a verdict for such damages as a jury shall assess , against the importers , copiers , & c . of their works ,
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Laws Concerning Literary Property, &C.
these periods , without the consent of the proprietor in writing , such books shall be forfeited , and the offender shall forfeit one penny for every sheet . ' It is also enacted , ' that in order to entitle the author or proprietor to prosecute any person for reprinting his book , he shall , before the publication , enter it in the register-book , of the company of Stationers . ' The fourth section gives a power to the archbishop of Canterbuiythe lord chancellorand otherson complaint
, , , that books are sold at an unreasonable price , to reduce the same . Sect . 5 . enacts , that nine copies of each book shall , before publication , be delivered to the warehouse-keeper of the company of Stationers , for the use of the university libraries of Oxford and Cambridge , the libraries of the four universities of Scotland , the library of Sion college hi London , and the library belonging to the faculty of advocates in
Edinburgh ; and if this be not done , the proprietor , printer , or bookseller , shall forfeit the value of the books , and also 5 I . for every copy not delivered . The universities having been alarmed at the decision of the house of lords , applied for , and obtained an act of parliament , establishing , in perpetuity-, their ri ght to all the copies given them heretofore , or which mi g ht hereafter lie given to , or acquired by them . This was accordingly complied with b 3 stat . 15 Geo . 111 . c . 53 , A . D . 1775 . This latter act also amends the act of 8 th Anne , respecting the
registering of works at Stationer ' s-hall ; in doing which , the title to the copy of the whole book , and every volume thereof , must now be entered . By the 8 th Geo . II . c . 13 , A . D . 1735 , intitlecl , ' An act for the encouragement of the arts of designing , engraving , and etching historical and other prints , by vesting the properties thereof in the
inventors and engravers , & c . it is enacted , that ' after the 25 th of June , . 173 ; , the property of historical and other prints shall be vested in the inventor for 14 years , from the clay of publishing thereof ; the name of the publisher must be engraved on each print ; and if any person pirate the same , he shall forfeit the plate wherein the design is so piratedand all the copies taken therefromto the proprietor , and also
, , the sum of five shillings ( half to the king and half to the person suing ) for eveiy such cop 3 * . . A second act 7 th Geo . III . c . 3 8-. A . D . & 6 . amends the former , and gives the engraver of any print , taken from any drawing whatever , the same protection , under the same penalties , as the engraver of any print from his own drawing . A third stat . 17 th Geo . III . c .
47 . . D . 1777 , still further secures the property of prints , to inventors and engravers , by enabling them to procure a verdict for such damages as a jury shall assess , against the importers , copiers , & c . of their works ,