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    - iv* THE LATE MR. F. A. SUTTABY.

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    b t ^^ an ^^ ^^ m ^ t Jud ^^^ ^^ copyri » B ^^^ ^^ ^^«» ^^^ ^^ g ^^ ^ h ^^ t — decision - of was the delivered ^ United — to States -day pman

    Circuit B I I y W ^^ ^^^ fe ^ i ^^ ge ViM Court ^^ ¦ ¦ ^ " ^ ^ . ^^ ^^ — ^^ Three ^^ " ^ " ^ suits were begun — » " ^ some ' ^ '"^ ^ ~* ~^ r m time ago by Messrs . A . & C . Black , of

    Edinpublished agen burg t h , , agains t ira t an ted S American cribners edition , of kja t firm heir the ljiv which ' A Encyclo merican had

    psedia J L / UIL / J . AO 1 HJM Bri t Cb annica p piiauou ' from v / V * i « J * v p hotograp . hic JJiivjr plat es , charging infringement of the American

    copyar rig t h icles t law s because tten by the Americans ^ publication and copyri contained ghted

    in entered this demurrers country b based y them on . the The general defendants ground

    that Britannica the publishers / in — employ of the American ' Encyclopaedia authors

    7 - x «/ CJ to treat of American topics and then publishing their articles under copyright , thereby laid

    a trap for the American public and American publishers , and therefore a court of equity

    could not interfere to protect such a fraud . The judge overruled the demurrerf

    saying : — The j C question > is reduced to this . , Does tf the fact that copyrighted books were inserted

    by permission in the " Encyclopsedia " as part thereof permit an unauthorised use of them in

    a reprint of such work ? There is no vital difference in regard to the infringement of an author ' s copyright whether it is printed in a

    separate volume or in connection with unauthorised material . If the author has a valid copyright it is valid against any unpermitted

    reprint of his book , and the fact that his book „„_ is bound . _ _ — up — j ^ _ in — a volume _ with fifty other - books -

    each of which .- is open to the public ^ , is im- , j I v material » v m ^ rtm mw ^^ m ^^ ¦ ~^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ — ~*— - ^ —^ . » The — ----- disputed — ¦ - — _ — — — — point - ¦ - is whether ___ . _ ., _ ., — -,

    there was an element of fraud or injustice in the scheme which would prevent the Court from i i regarding ¦— > H - - - - it with favour . There — — — was - no

    p , ^^ ^ - ^ m ^^ , ^^ a — . ^^^— — — ^^^^ V ,. ...... impropriety in soliciting competent citizens of the United States to write upon its history , and ^^^^ I ^ -m , can —~ -r- _— perceive -- no unfairness ______ or — injustice

    . ^_ , - ^ ^_ . towards the defendant company in the plaintiffs' use of the copyright laws for their

    pecuniary advance and as a weapon with which to repel J [ competition - - X which is more enterprising - _ j- . - . ,---,

    than considerate . There was no trap set for the ! defendan __ ___ . __ , __ twhose officers ... must have ____ . _________ _____ __ ___ __— - _ , _

    known that the — , j ninth edition was in great ¦ part a new work and that its contributors

    I jc woul ¦ d not be confined to one country / m ,

    b who y T the his regard advoc decisi it at as es n has the of I been most n - t ern hailed a serious tional M I I wi C t check h opyr de i l ight the t ,

    piratical ~— ^ H ^ -H — publishers ~^ ~^ ~~ ~ " - *~ ^ " ^ ^^ - have ^^_^ ^__ - ^__^__^^^ »^__ ye " ^_^ t r ^__^ " ^^^ had ^___ . - _ k ^ . W ^^ There ~^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ p ^^^^^ ¦ ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ are paedia three p Britannica hotographic — - _ - ' edi now ¦_ tions selling of Hf _ the k at * Encyclo about a -

    seventh ^ edi - tion . — of The - - the - decision — — — - ^__ ' ' ^ - ^ — price ^_— — ' ^ __ - - . ^ is _ - > - ¦ _¦ of ™ H likel . B - ^ ^^ v- ^ __ ^^ - ^ ___ . " ^_ the ^ _ ¦ _ . -l ^ ^_ t ^__ F o " ^ w ^ m authorised « alarm ^ -- - ^^ P ^ Bf ^ k m - ^ , rV m . ^ - > w * ^__ ^ > - ^ - ^ _ ^ r > --V ^^^ t L-T l he ___ L ___ L % i _ jU y ^ ^ ^ ^ # __ t _ f * . a ^* --k ----- ___

    suits ments publishers against , Messrs , since them . , A if for . sustained & heavy C . damages Black in further will . bring

    judg-A later despatch says that the publishers agree in regarding ~— " — the decision ¦¦¦ as » % tr one 4 of the

    y ~ — f — ¦ ^ -v-m ^ ^— ^» - - ^ - ~ « ^ ^» r ^ -p » ^^ r ^_ - -mmm . ^_^ - __ r _* ^ v g p _^_<^ W « P ^ ' rl ^ fc .- ' tf-lh > - # > - » 4 # utmost ^ importance ^ , virtually settling a most ^^^ important J — point »^^ — ~^~ — in ¦ ^~ ^^ the ' ^~ ^^ " ^ " ^ copyri ^*»^ ^ i- ^ > -F w > - ^ ^ - « g yp ^^ . ht ___ i > - ___ B H controversy ^^ * _» r ___ fr - __> ^ ^ B . ^__ i ^ w ^^ r ^ ^^ ^ , J w .

    verdic Right- t minded which to peop some le are extent deli i >¦__¦ g vindicates h ted with the

    — — — — — — -- _ - — - ^— —^ m- ^ - ~» - ---- ----- ^> f ^> pr > - __ - ^ -F' «• ^__ . >¦__ . ^__ F ^_ p _^__ ^>_* ^^> r ^^ >^> f ^^_^ p >^^ ^^^ ^^ j » ^^^ » American reputation for fair dealing with

    toreign publishers and authors .

    - Iv* The Late Mr. F. A. Suttaby.

    - iv * THE LATE MR . F . A . SUTTABY .

    Mr . — We Francis — — — much - — — ¦ — A — . ™* regret ' Suttab — — - - ¦ - ¦— - — — — - _¦ ¦ to which record w w ¦__¦> ____ p ---- ~ -v - ¦¦— - __ v occurred —t the - r fe death . ri ^__* » B W sad f of - y , ^ ^^_^^^^^^ ^__^ S ^ ^^ - " ^^^__ # ^^ ^^^^^

    aged denly 49 a . t St . Leonards-on-Sea on June 10 , The deceased -- - - was -- - the __ - las - t represen ¦ tative

    — ^ — — _ — — _ _ — „ _ . __ ___ ^ ¦ m ^_ " - ^ --- ~^_ " — " ^^ " ^^ ^^ ^^ - » ^ ^__< ^ WTW ^ B ^__ 1 » T ^^^ of that much-respected house , Messrs . R . and A . Suttaby ¦ which was established ¦¦—¦ —¦ in the - last

    century . m The , business — — — - — — having — — — »— ^__> - — - fallen > - ¦_* ^_> - ___»^ ^^ r into ^_ ^~ ' ^ FI- «_ P ^ tfr decadence was , with the hope of revival ,

    formed into a limited liability company about two years ago . These expectations

    werehow-, ever , not realised , and the company , formed under the ausp _ - ices - ~ - of - the ~_~ Assets _ r v . ^ ^^ r v >^ ^ Realisation - ¦— - ^^ -mT ^ ^^ ^» 1 >* ^ ff ^ ^ T ^^ ~ ~ ^ V ^ V

    Company , speedily collapsed , and the deceased , in broken — — ~ health - " — - ^ - ¦ - , ~ m ¦ was ¦ " ~ ^ " ^^ ~— immediatel " ~ " ^ ^~ ^ ^™ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ - ^ ^^ ^ t ^ ^^ y w thrown *^ ^^ ^^ ^ v ^^^ w ^ K ^ v out ~ i i ~ ^^^ ^ p

    of employment , and of the means , as will be seen by the following circularof supporting

    himself and his numerous famil , y . Mr . Suttaby m 's kindl — — ¦ - — — y , -j generous h ^^ ' ^ ' — — - ^ —^ - - — ~— - ~ r **~ , and ™ - » ^ " ^ w ^^ genial # ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ - ^ ^^ disposition * - ™ *^ r % * wsi ^ ^^ r * mr ^» ^ i * ^ fc ^^ ^» ^ k

    had , however , secured him many friends who stepped in to aid him in his necessitous straits ,

    and the committee formed in the first instance to raise funds to send him iii for i a health h tri ¦ ¦ ¦

    — - — — — — - ^— - — — - ^ — - — —— ^— V ^ H " ^»* - ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^ k'W *^ ^^ ™™ V ^ ^^ . ^ . ^ Bb p H ^^ P are now making further appeals to increase those funds - — with - - - the - ¦ -v view V m r - ^> - w V of - *^ - ^^ making ^^ ^^^ B . ^ t ^^ W —^ ^¦¦ ^ fl ^ ^ i ^ H | K ^ some ^^ ^ l ^ ||| * a" ^ 1 ^

    provision for the widqw and the younger children . Subscriptions JL will be i gratefull , J y

    acknowledged by Mr . W . Ridley Kent

    23 Paternoster , RowE . G . Mr . J . Whitaker , Bookseller Office , ,

    Warwick Lane , E . C . Mr . P . J . Whitaker

    26 St . Bride , StreetE . G . or Mr . SW . Searle , , , r- ; ,

    St . Dunstan ' s House , Fetter Lane , E . G .

    The following ia the circular above referred to : —

    London , 17 th June , 1890 . THE LATE MR . FRANCIS ARTHUR

    ISUTTABY . Died at St . Lconards aged -on- 49 Sea . , Wth June , 1890 ,

    Dear Sir , —The news of Mr . Suttaby ' a death will be a matter of regret to his very large circle of

    friends , many of whom , howover , were unac- I —m

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1890, page 806, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071890/page/12/