Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the Copy-Right Case of Wheaton V. Peters: Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States; With an Appendix, Containing the Acts of Congress Relating to Copy-Right
In England, beyond all question, (for it has _been solemnly settled, after a controversy, which for duration and obstinacy has no parallel in the history of English jurisprudence,) an author had, at common law, the sole and exclusive property in his copy. This 'property was placed by its defenders, (and they finally prevailed,) upon the foun dation of natural right recognised by the laws, ordinances, usages and judicial decisions of the kingdom, from the first introduction of the art of printing.
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Richard Peters, emeritus professor of history at the University of Central Oklahoma, served in the Fifth Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army, during the Korean War.
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