Literary Property in United States
Literary Property Definition
The interest of an author, or those who claim under him, in his work before or after publication, and with or without copyright. Drone, Copyright, 97. Literary property is the common-law ownership of the original work. Copyright is the statutory right to make all tlie copies of it that shall be made for a term of years. Abbott.. The scope of such property is, in the absence of copyright laws, that an author has the sole right of first printing and publishing his writings. 4 Burrows, 2408. The author’s property right is lost as soon as he prints and publishes the manuscript (8 Pet. [U. S.] 591) ; though a private use or circulation of a manuscript, as for the purpose of instructing students, will not forfeit the author’s literary property. By statute, a penalty is denounced against the publication of a manuscript without the author’s consent. Rev. St. U. S. § 4966.
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The interest of an author, or those who claim under him, in his work before or after publication, and with or without copyright. Drone, Copyright, 97. Literary property is the common-law ownership of the original work. Copyright is the statutory right to make all tlie copies of it that shall be made for a term of years. Abbott.. The scope of such property is, in the absence of copyright laws, that an author has the sole right of first printing and publishing his writings. 4 Burrows, 2408. The author’s property right is lost as soon as he prints and publishes the manuscript (8 Pet. [U. S.] 591) ; though a private use or circulation of a manuscript, as for the purpose of instructing students, will not forfeit the author’s literary property. By statute, a penalty is denounced against the publication of a manuscript without the author’s consent. Rev. St. U. S. § 4966.
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This definition of Literary Property is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
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