MBU 2520 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Copyright Term, Worshipful Company Of Stationers And Newspaper Makers, Compulsory License
30 Aug 2016
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Would work in streets or as servants g. ii. Famous musicians worked under sponsorship of monarchs, received little compensation if any. Stationers also had the right to search, seize, and destroy offensive works b. iii. Copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies, during the. Confirmed the stationers" rights in their existing books for 21 years d. ii. Granted protection of new works to their authors d. iii. Author could obtain protection by registering their book with the. However, high cost to print books authors would sell work to stationers for a lump sum, stationers would print book and own it from there on d. iv. Authors got 14-year copyright term and 14 more years if they were still alive by then. Once copyright expired, anyone could print the work. No protection for musical works, was only for printing and selling books. Copyright in the us much came from england"s existing law and was based on the.
