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    MR. S. E. DAWSON, OF MONTREAL, ON COPYRI...

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    Mr. S. E. Dawson, Of Montreal, On Copyri...

    MR . S . E . DAWSON , OF MONTREAL , ON COPYRIGHT IN BOOKS . An Inquiry into its Origin and an Account of the Present State of the Law in Canada .

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    I -y - ^ P" " — Bp BJ P ** flr aVpBBpB * BJbB £ B ^ f b ¥ » ** ^ ^^ B ^^ BbbV * ^^ J way ff f f ^ pVpf W ^ B ^ ^^ Mt ^ *| ^ # Vfl > BvP »« pT Vp # B ^ B ^ ^ B ^ B ^ f W BbIBJPmT BB ^ ^ bV VbT «¦ B » Bfc PBMT Bjp ^^ ^ Bp * ^ IP * ^ P * ' ^ BJ |* # B | PW W BP B pB BP W W BP W BBBBB ¦— ^ - ^ BT BBkBP - ^ B I ¦ ^— ' ^ B ^— ^^ — " — - ^^^ - ^ B' Bfrom Mr which . Dawson we gat also her g that ives an he interesting is not quite account satisfied of with the the present powers state conferred of the by law the in Canadi Canada an , h Act I _ ~ of " * - ' -- 1875 - » - \ S $ * ' ) , ¦ Ky so ^ V / far AIM , , at Cw ' ti ( a 411 ^ ll % even ~> V A \ J ± M t % - J s * J , m CV as *< J that VUtfV Act J . J . V / V B A is > . k » BBcontrolled » V / 1 V * A W M . " * - * ' -. A " -, / V * b * - * 'J y the »/ -V » X ^ Imperial AA A . l pv ^ BBM- - * M . B ^ Act - m 4 .-m .-wv of v * aw 1842 -m ^ , which ¥ - - * i -- - *»• - » -- , y

    e says , was drawn solely in the interests of English publishers . ' The Canadian Act gves author but Canadian what "' - * --- ^ -f v s the \ JJLA the \^ Canadian V / power CVllCVvlXi « lAM of s pri now X JLV _/ nting W want Tf CWll an % J is JLKJ Eng the vm , !"_ > lish power § - * ¦ " " book ^*** V of - *" JL in printing K ^** Canada *•* - *> * ***^ S any * by * J arrangement books IL- # Vp" ~ w- ' -v-- » J » they w-t-v- ** - -y - choose b- * - with i-v v > - -- « - ' -v- » - * - ' - the witlwut ^ -v •¦ - - ' » author v » v * r the « -- > . * -- ; »¦

    was proposed ' conse in nt , the upon abortive payment Act to of him 1872 of . a royal The question ty of 12 J is per now cent cropp , on the ing wholesale up again , price and , as it appears Jri 7 ~ " * - t « A h « . C at *«/ UUUUOCi counsel X h 1 < as V >> b UCCU een re XCMUlUVVi tained b ^^ y J' some "VllIU l JL ea «> C « UCA di . ng Aa . K C V / UllUVUWXI anadian . pu j » uu bli « s uiiv hers » . u ' to »» v ^ argue w > b j the vuv

    case before the House , and to move an address to have * * the remainder " of the Act of 1842 and repealed English . ' Once books get will rid be of reprinted the power there which ad lib the Imperial But Mr Act Dawson of 1842 begs still us to holds remember in Canada one ,

    no thing Canadian , viz . ' that Government no one in would Canad listen a prop to oses such to a rob . proposal the author . . The of remuneration real question for underlying his labour all ; Mus d ¦ ust and noise is trade ' That is truethe Canadian Trade uvtv want iai it !•< all their own

    w w kBBB ay __ a ! ~ failure v « m ^ S ^ Nfl ) « o UblVVt f ar ; as but AAUJvOt Cana per ? 11 d haps } a a O i s UUUU conc the erne one U chief 11 U d . . it objections JL may llCfcb freel 1 ( 3 lil UU y to be , ) its 1 / JIAVJ admitted removal ^ K VOIUSVUWU ^ ^ that would ^ . JL ji the A be Imperial BBBi — »«« first W * v , t Act . h . e ^ of na < > t 1842 _^ v ura i **^ k w » «» ^^ l objection "Ejection winch whinh man mnnv authors nnflmra would wmiirl feel f « p > l to f . r > hfiin being or coerced r . oflrcftd bv by Canadian Canadian publisners Dublishora wno who

    till would lucn s , and print Canadian their books s y are in allowed any shape to or import form American without their editions consent , this ; but obj as ection the Americans has now loat do

    " "lUcll of of i if ts . a force f / vtvpc . ; and « . T > si secondl a ^ An / ilir y , the 4-Vkc . practical rvna / tJ-i / tol difficulties Ai ^ firtiiif 1 t \ a of t \ f collecting /»« - . ! lc » r » f . ir . nr royalties T » r » va . lf . i « a from frnm a a . variety VArifliv diffic *~ publishers ulties , which of has the novelty same book and . apparentl Mr . Dawson y simplicity offers to a recommend suggestion it for . overcoming these

    The following is Mr . Dawson's plan for collecting authors' royaltiea : — 1 st . Let ~ ^^ ^ the » " ¦ * » B ^ P I # BB «< nlan % BP * BBlB > b BJ d W ^ l *• Revenue ¦ * » "J * ^ Ap * W ~ bB ^ B *» 4 B " *^^ fc ~ lj | — Office ¦>_!¦ 11 ^ ^^ ^ Vfl ^ ^ at tfW ™* P the "J ¦ ^ ** ^^^ cap V ^ BJI B B ^ P- «* ital » Bjp B BJ ^ B town B- " ^ F— V B —^ ^ of — I ¦— eac - - — — - — h — of — ' the ' pro ^ vinces of the

    H . Dominion be charged with the collection of the royalty . ^^ Tp # ^_— '' ¦» Wi ^ bM « MIMMWM ^^> IiiW » MWIIIMIIIMM » I' 1 bM 1 » W ||» M »^ WB |^ b ,- ^ >— . B ^ BaBBBBM ^ M ^ B

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1882, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081882/page/3/