 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - Copyright - 1771 - 166 pages
...contents, which made him more anxious to flop their publication, knowing die printer had got them. If the copy belongs to an author after publication,...him before ; but if it does not belong to him after publication, where is the common iaw to be found which fays, there is fuch a property before? Allthemetaphyfical... | |
 | Henry Lemoine - Printing - 1797 - 168 pages
...thofe letters fell into the hands of Curl \vho publiihed them, the law informed the publimer, that, " if the copy belongs to an author, after publication, it certainly belonged to him before." For otherwife the author may- not only be deprived of any profit, but lole the expence he hp.s been... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Burrow - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 650 pages
...which made him the more anxious to stop their publication — ; knowing that the printer had got them. If the copy belongs to an author, after publication...is such a property before ?" all the metaphysical subtilties from the nature of the thing may be equally objected to the property before. It is incorporeal... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Best books - 1813 - 600 pages
...which made him the more anxious to stop their publication ;—knowing that the printer had got them. If the copy belongs to an author, after publication,...found which says " there is such a. property before :" 'Ml the metaphysical subtleties from the nature of the thing may be equally objected to the property... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1813 - 608 pages
...publication ; — knowing that the printer hud got them. , If the copy belongs to an author, njler publication, it certainly belonged to him before....found which says " there is such a property before f" All the metaphysical subtleties from the nature of the tiling mav be t<jually objected to the property... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pages
...Mansfield. " If," says he, " the copy belong to an author, after publication ; it certainly belongec to him before. But if it does not belong to him after publication, where is the Common Law to be found, which says, " there is such a property be fore?"... | |
 | Economics - 1853 - 448 pages
...profitable to the owner. If, says Lord Mansfield, the copy which belonged to the author before publication does not belong to him after, where is the common...before? All the metaphysical subtleties from the nature ol' the thing may be equally objected to the property before. It is equally detached from the manuscript... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Judges - 1853 - 454 pages
...it certainly belonged to him before. But if it does not belong to him after, where is the common law which says there is such a property before ? All the...from the nature of the thing may be equally objected. It is incorporeal. It relates to ideas detached from any physical existence. It has none of the indicia... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 526 pages
...profitable to the owner. If, saye Lord Mansfield, the copy which belonged to the author before publication does not belong to him after, where is the common...the metaphysical subtleties from the nature of the thin? may be equally objected to the property before. It is equally detached from the manuscript or... | |
 | International Copyright Association - Copyright, International - 1868 - 54 pages
...of nearly a hundred years the copy was adjudged the property of Lord Clarendon's representatives." " If the copy belongs to an author after publication, it certainly belonged to him before. All the metaphysical subtleties from the nature of the thing, may be equally objected to the property... | |
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But if it does not belong to him after; where is the common law to be found, which says " there is such a property before ?" all the metaphysical subtilties from the nature of the thing may be equally objected to the property before. It is incorporeal... 
