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    COLONIAL COPYIUGHT.

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    l 64 O The Publishers' Circular Dec . 6 , 1889

    Colonial Copyiught.

    COLONIAL COPYIUGHT .

    | RFj BBBB ^ flfl f | | E are indebted to Messrs . Crosby Lockwood & Son , the London agents of I pHItIMi Messrs . Stone & Son , of Dunedin , New Zealand , for particulars of an interesting

    IlL l ^ gA e vL " > Uf vll jQBI ^ Km I / tJ ^ m ' I copyri Williams ^ k ¦» . > fc- » v-w mtm- ^ g ht L-k -1 , in action * --t j- ^ J- the « >^ v ^ f ^ — Supreme Stone Wj ^ - j-i y ^/ i n & , lt Court So wT ^ - » rt n - » v * . of White I / f / New £ ¦> > i - *¦ j-t — Zealand heard l-fc j—» * - » - « m ^ -J ^ in <* , at ¦ October m ^ - Dunedin » ^ U ^~* l * v j ^ v before V- » . ^ - . i . A- * - ^ ^^ This j- ^ . Mr Im / I ^ u * is . , Justice I — so ~ ~^ . X . far ^« . ^ . as we knowthe first case of the kind that has been tried since the passing of

    T 7 ie International and Colonial , Act of 1886 . One of the objects of this Act was to give ^ I ^^^ mperial ^^ ** *» W - ^ ^^^ ^ M ^* k ^ h' ^ p ^^ copyri ^^ ^^^ V ^ r V ^^ ^^ g feM ^ h ^ ht ^ ^^ ^^ t V o ^^ ' ^ au ^ tor ^ v ^ taB' ^ t ^ r ^ hors ^ ^^ ^*^ ^^ - * ^ in ^ ^^ ^^ t ^^ ^ he ^ ^» ^^ v co ^^ ' . ' ^ ^ l ^ onies 'v . ^* ' ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ M « ^ % ^ , H but r ^^ ^ k ^^ ^ h ^ , H ¦ jud i » - ^^ m g k ^^ ing ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ b r ^^ y w t ^^ ^ he ^ ^» ^ . ^ case ^ ^^ ^ r ^ v - ^^ q ¦ ^ uo ^ ¦ ~—~ t ^ ir ed ^^^ ^^^ ' ^^ below r ^^ ^¦^ ^^ ~ i ~ w V , ^ B J i ^ t V ^ seems ^^ ^^^ r ^«^ « w ^^ ** . ^^

    to have been the cause of some embarrassment in the New Zealand Courts . Prior to the passing all in the of mother this Act country , it was , very for , al doub thou tfu gh l wh ether called a colonia upon l au to th send or cou cop ld ies get of any his copyri wprk to ght the at

    British Museum and the other libraries , unless he published his work in the United Kingdom first T - ^ he ^ ^^ , I ^ b h mperial A A is r ^ merel ^ **^»* W ^ b ^ A k y ^^ c ^^ reg t «^ o ^ k . ^ ^ f fa te ^ 18 ^^ ^ . ^ rin 86 ^^ ^ -p ^ g overcame ^ ¦ ^ at «^ St ^^ ^¦ ' ^ r ^ a t ioners ^^^ th ^^ ^~ ^ is ^ r ^ h ^ ' anomal w Hall ^ « K v * ' * a « ^ . ^ f ^ would y w ; m b ¥ S ^ y W ^ i not h t ^^ w a colonial have ^ a ^ ^«^ ^^ ^ - ^^ ^ ¦ ^ ^ »* g iven » ^ au l ^^ « H ^ th v ^^» him * h or ^ - ^ 4 ^ o - ^^ bt copyri r % ^ ^^ ' ^ ai v ^^ n h ^^^ s ^ g I ht " ^ m ^ ^ Ab p *^ here ^ erial ^^^ ^ b ^ m ^ w . «^

    has becomes Copyri passed ght necessar b y simp Act y p l . y roviding reg New istering Zealand for such his , work reg it appears t in rat the ion , , colony faili ng , t whic provided passed h , reg such , istration of course an Ac at t , that ; Stationers therefore the colony ' , Hall the author ¦¦ ¦ v not ha rfK vin b istered ¦¦ to at if Stationers' Hall blk rf has b no Imperial « b h bi ri IH ^ k hts . Fortunatel ««^ tot | j bfc for

    him ™* ™ ^~ , ^ fr ^^ h owever , a ** ^ m ^—r ^ w ^ ^ s , w N >^^ ^^ ew » g S" \ reg ^^ Z ^^* ^ ea " \ " ^ land ^^ ^^ ' ^ ^^ ^*^ ^ ' h as ^ - ^ m ^ a r ^ u' ' ^* Copyri ^^^ ^^ «^ ^^^ ^* ^ b ^^ i ^^ g v ^ riv ht ^__^ O * ^^ v ^ rdinance * , a ^^ b ^ - ' ^ P ^^ ^ b A ^ , —^ ' passed ^ IVv ^ ^^_^ ^»^ «^ ^ ¦ ^ »¦ in ^^ ^^ «» 1 g 8 ^* 4 «^ ^^ 2 v ^^ r , and th ^ ^^ ^ v is ^^ , ^^ ^^ ^ so L ^^ r ^^ ^^ far ^ y V ^^ as ^ i >^ ^^ t * v he — ^^ co ^^ **^ l * m ony ^ w ^ ¦ ^ M ^ i b s v *^ conce - ^^ ^ i ^ » « fc - ^^ r ^^ < r ^ h ^ ned * ^^ ^ N ^ ^^^^ , H was v v ' ^ w * . ^ "sufficient ^— ' v « ^ ^^^~ ^^ i «* ^^ ^ ^¦^ ^ . ^ to ^ " - *~ r cover - ^^ ^ u ^ T ^^^ ^ k the 4 ^ rfh ^ b ^ i i— p BwT ^ lain b % « ' ^ ^ k A A t ^^ ^ if b 4 Jh f W s ^* copyri ^_ - ^_^^ v ^^ r w ^^ ^ k g SiVb ht ^^ ¦ * ^^ . V ^ It ^^ v « was V V Tn ^ rgXj contended ^ b ^ ^ - ^ ^ h ^ h ^^ ^ b ^ « K 4 ^ ^^^ b ^ b ^ ^^ f ^ l »^ y T

    — not the — ^~ - ^ app v defendant ^ v m ^ r v ^ r . l ^ y w 4 i ^ ^ n ^^ t ^^ his 'B ^ that «« ^^ case ^^ ^^^«^ ' ^^ if , « ¦ ' there and ^ ^^ - ~** mi that «^ *^ was ^ ' ^' v «^ ' a ~^*« ^ colonial ^ ^ l ^ ess ^^^ - r ^^ v ^^ ^ loca b ^ m ^ ^ i ^ - ^ law / V rf l ^ leg tf ^ ^^ rir ^ at ^ A isla ^^ ^ all ^^ r tion ^^ , ^ . ^ i t provided P was ^ 4 k x «* r V ' ^ in ^>^^ ^^ ^ a b' very * for ^ ^^^ ' ^ reg tf * b ' ^^ chaotic hMK ^ istration v ^^ ^^ « fe b . v «^ ^ - % tm ^ state ^ b ^ ft of ^^^ ^^» , copy ^ b ^ ^ - and ^ m * r W ri db ^ g r did *^ ht

    Jud of abrogated books ge took , they the a more New were rational Zealand neither and Ordinance copyri reasonabl ghted . e view pro , t and ected ruled unless that the istered Imperial in Eng Act land in . no ' The way

    a wo The rk for work which in dispute the author was desired one of purel Imperial y local ri importance htshe wou ; ld had have it been been , on obli the other to re hand ister ,

    at Stationers' Hall , failing the local machinery g . In , this view of the case , it g seems to g a — ma — — « tter v ^ r - »_ r a . i of _» ^ importance a «» 4 K ^ 4 _ r a . VWA Jb ^^ ^ - ^ that « S Jk a . « - >« r ^* all «>^> « *¦¦ the »* • ' - ' colonies ^^ ^— ' ^ ^ ^ ¦ . ** >_• *< u / which V * JL Jb A . ^ J » » A have A ^ m _^» V ^* F not ^^ X _^ ^/ yet V X ^ *^ put » - ^ * - »* themselves »^ ^ •¦ ^ " ^ * «_» ¦! *« ^^ A V ^~ f P >_ V < in A , ^ ^ touch ^/ V ^ V >* X ^ A * with V * ^ ^» ¦ — —

    , the take International prompt measures and Colonial to pass a Act short of 1886 Act , requiring which was reg passed istration largel , w y hich for their will at benefi once t , convey should

    I The mperial plaintiffs rights , as to a publish colonial ers au o thor f ' Stone without ' s Otago the trouble and Southlan of sending d A . B . work C . Monthl to Sta y tioners Guide ' Hall and . Diary ^ ' asked fc for JL an mJVXJk injunction 1 on the VAAV ground of breach of copyrihtagainst the

    i ssuing ' « - « wa . 7 , M a p amp V- « . - * hlet ^ M . sty . JL JIJI led ¦ V « IA V 4 T he A V ^ St * A range ££ r L ' s Vade A Jl V * V ^ JL Mecum KS Jk . KJ U * KS A JL / which M . V ^/ W ~^ J * " was g , being pS distributed JIAV ^ persons K' ^* ' * Wv ** to visitors plaintiffs DlaintiflTR at * ' book honk the . local exhibition , and which was mainly composed of matter taken from the

    Ordinance It appears ' of 1842 that , the and law that of th copyri ere is gh no t in reg boo istration ks in N of copyri Zeal g ht in res the ts o colony n a ' . Copyri By g the ht International and Colonial Copyright Act ( 1886 ) of the British Parliament , it was provided

    time tiie Jinghsh Copyright Acts should apply throughout the British dominions , and also that

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1889, page 1640, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121889/page/106/