The Copyright Act of 1889: A Canadian Declaration of Independence.
Difficulties stemming from the Imperial Copyright Act of 1842 led to Canada's Copyright Act of 1889. This innovation of the existing model of copyright law was an attempt to enact compulsory licensing, with recompense, of British copyrighted work. However, Canada's legislation was denied royal assen...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Historical Review Vol. 90; no. 1; pp. 1 - 29 |
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University of Toronto Press
Mar2009
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