...selling the work, and to "other writings, without the consent of the authors or proprietors of such booka and writings, to their very great detriment, and too...and for the encouragement of learned men to compose * Until this act came into operation, Scotland, as regards copyright, liad the law of been as defective...

...reprinting, and publishing, or causing to be printed, reprinted, and published, books and other writings, without the consent of the authors or proprietors...too often to the ruin of them and their families," &c. In 7 Term Rep., 627, Lord Kenyon says: "All arguments in the support of the rights of learned men...

...booksellers have of late frequently taken the liberty of printing books without the consent of the authors, to their very great detriment, and too often to the ruin of them and their families. For preventing such practices for the future, and for the encouragement of learned men to compose and write useful...

...reprinting, and publishing, or causing to be printed, reprinted, and published, books and other writings, without the consent of the authors or proprietors...of learned men to compose and write useful books, be it enacted, That, from and after the 10th of April 1710, the author of any book or books already...

...too often to the ruin of them and their families ; " and that the object of the act is to prevent " such practices for the future, and for the encouragement...of learned men to compose and write useful books." It provided that the owner of the copyright in any book already printed should have the exclusive right...

...frequently taken the liberty of printing, reprinting, and publishing . . . books and other writings, without the consent of the authors or proprietors...too often to the ruin of them and their families." Instead of the ordinary judges and justices of the peace, a special tribunal, apparently intended for...

...frequently taken the liberty of printing, reprinting, and publishing . . . books and other writings, without the consent of the authors or proprietors...too often to the ruin of them and their families." Instead of the ordinary judges and justices of the peace, a special tribunal, apparently intended for...

...which recited, that "persons had of late reprinted books without the consent of the authors, to the very great detriment and too often to the ruin of them and their families." This Act caused afterwards great litigation, and, as authors discovered to their cost, caused nothing...

...терпи;ing, and publishing, or causing to be printed, reprinted, and published, books nnd oi!u: writings, without the consent of the authors or proprietors of such books and uniting?. to their very great detriment, and too often to the ruin of them and their families: for...

...which recited, that " persons had of late reprinted books without the consent of the authors, to the very great detriment and too often to the ruin of them and their families." This Act caused afterwards great litigation, and, as authors discovered to their cost, caused nothing...