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A shifting empire : 100 years of the Copyright Act 1911 / edited by Uma Suthersanen, Ysolde Gendreau.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Copyright--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Copyright.
- Copyright, International--History.
- Copyright, International.
- Great Britain. Copyright Act, 1911.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 1911 Copyright Act, often termed the 'Imperial Copyright Act', changed the jurisprudential landscape in respect of copyright law, not only in the United Kingdom but also within the then Empire. This book offers a bird's eye perspective of why and how the first global copyright law launched a new order, often termed the 'common law copyright system'. This carefully researched and reflective work draws upon some of the best scholarship from Australia, Canada, India, Israel, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa and United Kingdom. The authors - academics and practitioners alike - sit
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Albion's legacy?; 1. The first global copyright act; 2. New Zealand and the Imperial Copyright tradition; 3. The Imperial Copyright Act 1911 in Australia; 4. Mandatory copyright: from pre-Palestine to Israel, 1910-2007; 5. The Imperial Copyright Act 1911 and the Indian copyright law; 6. The Imperial Copyright Act 1911 in Singapore: copyright creatures great and small, this act it made them all; 7. Shades of grey: uncovering the century old imperial imprint on Jamaica's modern Copyright Act
- 8. The Imperial Copyright Act 1911's role in shaping South African copyright law9. No copyright law is an island; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-99268-X
- 1-78100-309-2
- OCLC:
- 828677141
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