TY - BOOK ID - 22920369 TI - Literary copyright reform in early Victorian England : the framing of the 1842 Copyright Act AU - Seville, Catherine. AU - Great Britain. PY - 1999 VL - *1 SN - 0521621755 0521174503 1107114837 051100916X 0511173024 0511151977 0511303238 0511495447 1280418788 0511050429 9780511009167 0511035187 9780511035180 9780511173028 9780521621755 9786610418787 6610418780 9780511495441 9780521174503 9781107114838 9781280418785 9780511151972 9780511303234 9780511050428 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Copyright KW - -Copyright KW - Literary property KW - Property, Literary KW - Intangible property KW - Intellectual property KW - Anti-copyright movement KW - Authors and publishers KW - Book registration, National KW - Patent laws and legislation KW - History KW - -Law and legislation KW - Great Britain. KW - Great Britain KW - 19th century KW - Law and legislation KW - Law KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22920369 AB - Talfourd's first Copyright Bill was presented in 1837, and the public and Parliamentary controversy it provoked is reflected in contemporary pamphlets, correspondence, and hundreds of petitions presented to Parliament, as well as in the changing aims of the bill itself. In addition to the expected debate as to the nature of literary property and the economic effects on the publishing trade, discussion of copyright law raised broader questions; the relative values of literature and science, the importance of public education, the dangers of monopolies, and the nature of public interest. In a period of social, political and technological upheaval, these were incendiary matters. Talfourd audaciously demanded not only a considerable extension of copyright term, but also international protection. This book explores and sets in context the making of the Copyright Act 1842, using it to illuminate enduring issues and difficulties in the legal concept of intellectual property. ER -