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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st February 1881, Edition 1 of 1, Page 82, 82 The Publishers' Circular Feb. i, I88I

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      I International Copyright With America. ...

      1 ' i ii I ii i „ that the Board of Trade could seriously propose such amendments as the second and third M m \ above I which I I not onl offer -- ^ bL ^ bL ^ . bbbb the ^ bbmb bLbw ^ bb ^ Americans J ^ k Bpk ~^ h ^**^_~ bbl ^^ k ^ a ^^»> - ^ bl- ^ b ^ better I ^ b . ^ b ^« mL » ^ ~ terms ** ^_ - - _ than » * - ___¦ J _ | _ _ ask ^ . ¦

      the quoted logical result , of which _ _ . _ will y _ be .. simply to transfer . _ —^ _ _«— the . ^ _ . ^_^ printing ^ ^^ ^— . ^^ of they ^ . English for * books , but

      to international international America . , both t copvrierht copyrignt t for /» will win that ill , , of oi count course course i ry , piease pleas and for e Ameri American t his ^ can coun publishers pu tr i Diisners y also i . and anu Such r *« manufacturers manuiacturers i a settlement lit mig miffhtiW of htil _ an

      but fa the possible term international advantage ¦ bbb to could one b hardl side ¦— y and ¦¦ be absolutel applied with y nothing fairness bbBbb to b to bb the an arrangement other bi . bb Under bbbvbb which such gave y

      every ¦^^ p ¦> V ^^^ bbpV 9 ^ fbp' ^^^ " ^^^* ^^ bp ¦ " . ¦¦• ^^ bB' b ^^^ " ^ ^^^^ b * ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ™ ^^^^» ^^ ^^ ^~^ ^^^ ¦ ^^^ ^^^ ^»~ ^ " ^ -- ~~ ~~ ~ " ~ ~~ * " ^ ^~ » ~~ —™ r ~^ ~~^ ~~ ™~~ ^^ - ^ r * ~~^ w ^ ™ ™ ^ " ~ ™ ™ — —^^— — ^* ^ - *^ ^^ ™ ^^— ^*~ - ^ ^ - ^^^ ~^ p ~ ^^™ —^ bp ° ^» bbp -. b ^ bt . Tap ¦ ^^^ p b ^^ bi ^^^ J ^^ L ^^ L an bU II I arrangement Eng TTTi lish 1 1 publishers 11 * 1 will -11 have X ___ . _! to __ clone I their ll * est ablishm " 1 1 1 ents , or convert them ,-m into . I agencies ^ b * " * b" ^ bb & ^^^ ^ h « Bb ^^ bBW ^ b * r * " * for ^ ^ " * *¦¦¦» ¦¦ the ¦¦ ' * - ™ ^^^ ^ sal ""* bb »^ bbb » e -bbp- ¦ ¦ of ~^ pr — American -bp — — . - —— bbbi bpb . ^ p- bb ™ ™— » b- - Bp printed » - - ^— —— ' y ~ — - — — Eng ^ ppb » lish --bb- ——v books *¦ - ^ - » - -b- - — ' b . Eng i — ipk ¦ lish ^¦ ^^^ ™ ^ " ^^ ' ^ ¦ printers v ^^^— ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ v and ^ - ~ ^— ^^^— ^^»^» bookbinders r *^ ^«^ ^^ ^^ b <^^ r % ^ « k- ^^ L T _ im . ^ J _ M fc \

      will have to cross the Atlantic and enrol themselves as American citizens—or starve . The proposal + n na t . no , as it stands . roiis to above bo entirfilv , is too overlooked crude to discuss . seriously , but the principle suggested seems f r- ^ m b

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      82 The Publishers' Circular Feb. I, I88i

      82 The Publishers' Circular Feb . i , I 88 I

      The W ^M^^^ ^*W An G ~I ~» Overnment ^^ ...

      the An Government important to deputation present to is , the we town understan libraries d , coming of the to United London Kin this gdom ¦¦ week copies to petition of the

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      least a better right than the waste-paper dealer to the tomes on which it has spent so much naturall and as last y suggested year a sum that of the £ 6 , books 851 was mi credited ght have for been the far sale more of wisel waste y bestowed Blue Books if they , it is had not been un- ,

      sent to the sixty town libraries mentioned in Waterlow ' s Municipal Corporations Directory . We may even go farther than thisand suggest that it would be well for the Government to

      present a copy to every library formed , under the provisions of the Free Libraries Acts . The idea that Blue Books are entirely filled h A with fiA gures % MA , and with h what is termed dry-as-dust a ^ ma ^ mm ^ ^ ^ m ^* m — ^ ^ ^^ ^^

      matter delusions , is , , and as our but readers a slight need investi scarcel gation y be woul reminded d serve to , one expose of the the most fallacy _ widespread . Bearing of on popular almost _

      every subject , social , political , and religious , these books contain the rosultof the most diligent inquiries made by men specially qualified for their workand as a rule the information is not

      presented as a rough and undigested mass of facts , but is , carefully and systematically tabulated so as to be available for immediate use . In some cases these books are the reports of

      Commissions appointed to investigate the causes of social disturbances such as the Trades Union outrages , while in others , and perhaps the majority of instances , they are the annual statements showing the work transacted and the results of the inquiries conducted by "the great

      public offices . To the latter class belong the reports issued every year by the statisticians of the Army and Navy and the Home Departmentwhich are not only useful to the statesman as an

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      information they afford with regard to the habits of a large body of their fellow countrymen . Looked minute at fi bB in such sare a manner no B 0 longer , the heavy the mere ¦ pW volumes , with of their a circumlocution closel M ~ 1 y printed office pages but and are mul records titudes ¦* . ? - BJT BPBB of of

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      much to be said , in favour of the proposal to give the country an opportunity , , of utilising what is in realita valuable national libraryAs the onlactual loss to the VJLJk / national ~ -

      •* exchequer . ** AXA - ¦ . VV » -t . « . would 1 y / r « - * very W be \ SA _ W the W MfAUlV comparativ VAV Ail « WAV JLJL el y paltry 4 . A ILT A . iV JL ¥ sum . ¦ i . A received . M Vll \> V 1 for A 1 y V the % JU * J W Ltt w aste * V AVLJU paper V ^ - ' there -V . »* - ^ oug .. - ht to be little difficulty in inducing even the most economical of administrations to assent to a

      proposal winch has in other ways so much to recommend rt .

      For X V-'Jl At The 1/Jljl V^ Last Adopti...

      for X V- 'JL At the 1 / JLJL V ^ last adoption LV \ A V ^ th Y ~ r U eT 1 V 1 e appear of \~ f JL . a « W copyri V / V s \ - * to J * be g PS ht some law * l * » f between approach ?— ' V ^ V » » KJ \ J * . * . the VllV to an U V / nited MA equit VX ^ ^^^ States IN abl - ' V * AI e VJV ^ proposal KJ and 1-WIAXN * this »^ JLX » . from KJ country X / V- ' V >* A the . M . V * . T 4 , American which ff iLAV «» Times would side —¦

      secure and our to own English information authors an corroborates approximation the to statement their rig of hts our . According contemporary to the —Her Law Majesty - s Government VJIUVV 111111 VULI have UOiVU received ICV / CilVCU < a JU IA draft . 1 . Oil . (/ KJM of . Chit an . J International . 1 JL UCX XXCbVX \ 7 X . M . OiX Copyri VVjJ ^ ULgllt ght Con W * l vention VV / 11 UJIU 11 from AJL V / IJU . the m ^ United ^ » dis

      in 111 cussion States the I > 11 V ? States KJ Government and lrtUDD negotiation on KJXk 1 condition / U 11 . It HUH . is It that lUaU not proposes exactl the UUC American -CXlUCJi y that a direct KJCt an l . 1 C edition ? Eng U . proposal lUl ^ lish ltA be UD auth , printed LJL but LAI or shall rather as CVO onl well W VIA y a hav . basis as ** O e published yJ his U for . ILfXAO book further * X ^\ protected * * in " that - " -

      condition country , , and ' but mce it is -uer possibl ^ d . Thi e s that is , as it the may Law be Times overruled justl y and observes , in any , a case somewhat , it is a inconvenient matter dis for - D satisfaction C * lilOJ . CliObJ . dlt that *» XJLOiU the UAJIU Government V * V / V V 3 JLIX 1 . XM . KJXXU \ of JM . the O 11 CJ United \^ X 1 XUC < U . States KJ UCIitCD is JIO prepared | JJ . CJJ U . J . C / VA to t /\_» enter % Z > XXV ) K } X 1111 into U < a * O serious ^ i *" »

      there which cussion on the is Mr law of some . the Hastings of difficulty copyri subject g intends ht on in in term the the to way s Eng bring suggested of lish before the Parliam b Social y the itself e House nt Science . , we In understand of regard Association Commons to the that is introduction in being the supp sketch drafted lying of of the a , but measure the funds th Bui at

      certaint necessary of for leg the islation j ^ ayment there of need official be littl expenses fear in but regard there to is the likel measure to be . As considera regards the ble

      difficulty y in inducing the advocates of rival e theories , as to the period y over very which copyrig ^

      ought to extend to come to terms . ^——* _

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 1, 1881, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01021881/page/2/