Copyright Must Be Limited in Time
The booksellers’ statutory copyright rights had expired. They requested the court to recognise a continuing right akin to copyright under common law.
Held: Following Hinton -v- Donaldson, the Lords dissolved an injunction against Alexander Donaldson, thereby laying down the law that copyright in published works was not perpetual, but was limited to the term provided by statute.
(1774) 17 Parl Hist Eng 953, 2 Brown’s Parl. Cases 129
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Statute of Anne 1710
England and Wales
Citing:
Followed – Hinton v Donaldson SCS 1-Jul-1773
The House held that copyright did not exist in the law of Scotland except as provided for by the statute of 8 Anne. . .
Cited by:
Cited – Prince Albert v Strange ChD 8-Feb-1849
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The Prince sought to restrain publication of otherwise unpublished private etchings and lists of works by Queen Victoria. The etchings appeared to have been removed surreptitiously from or by one Brown. A personal confidence was claimed.
Held: . .
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Intellectual Property
Leading Case
Updated: 11 November 2021; Ref: scu.184249
