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    I ^2 The Publisher^ Circular j |fc'jg

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    INFRINGEMENT OF THE ROLLS OF QOPYRIffHT ...

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    I If Hw ' Stationers 7 Have Ever Receive...

    i inconsistency imitators in doing , and so has as preserved a distinctl its y trade character guild , . and How ire question far this fact whether may secure it has it found from atbl man * I I

    when the new Prime , Minister's axe descends on the City companies , remains to be seen ^ W I ' it must have been satisfactory to the members of the Court who were present on Wednes & T I the inion which he head of

    \ ; ¦ to Commission hear Lord roof on John Copyri that Manners the ght , repeat that the ht not duty op to of be registration removed from expressed was it so The well as . performed the to late under Rojji ti * I I

    ! ex Company -Krst Jjord ' s of , the Admiralty duty oug was admitted was evidently most . gratify privilege ing to htm personally wlucliJlie I I ; atyhoug and hv as the he Lord stated in his speech , he is no longer out activel that xnai y the engaged in the firm which bears & I

    name name , , ana me juora mayor Mayor very very propeny properly poinrea pointed own une pleasure pleasure was was reciprocal reciprocal ; : in fn & net t I I N freedom honoured it may be may said him not who of be this ' accepted equal as of to too the it . few Master To of distinctions the ' s younger chair , the : it me position honoured mbers which of those the Mr craft who . Smith , gave although occupied it while the must it honorary equaS ha ? , e I I I

    had reminded _ b . a . * u « « ma been JM ** . ^ 3 his tfiem Xl « ^ % . stepping » fc . fc ^ pf £ the ^ X » m - stone importance «*«*¦» % .. «««¦ to & ** w * success ^ j ^ >* wf those ^ !•« ; 4 * vn and ^ % business I ^ mmw althoug * Ann qualifications j h ** mm moralising All 4 *^ s % * ± «¦« /\« i m would which w *> n m r \ V % , have as «« m he X * ^ been . readil ^* +. ~ m . - out I y allowed of . W place « . I I at such festive boardit to overlook the fact that William

    a , was impossible Henry SmithI citizen already and embraceoV stationer within , represented it the higher the offices qualifications the representation of the earlier of years the Cit of a of career Westminster which hai in , I I

    T"k i » ' ¦ ' 0 m * ¦ * i e * i i aSi m , ' ^ 71 ' at j j ? if i i y «¦ _ - __ Majesty Parliament ' s Privy , of Financial Council . Secretary In a day to when the the Treasury . ' gilded , First youths Lord of the of tne West Admiralty ' are too , and apt to of seek Her I I n , i % * imitators m , , in il tne circles » T 01 tne il rt-l 01 ¦ T 1 1 ..

    ana too sure to nna pusiness uity juonaon , sucn a reminiscence I of an occasion on which it was a privilege to be present may not be altogether worthless . I

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    Infringement Of The Rolls Of Qopyriffht ...

    INFRINGEMENT OF THE ROLLS OF QOPYRIffHT £ n THE CASE . —IMP OF ORTANT QOOPER DECISION v . WHITTINGHAM BY THE . MASTER I I

    The importation of American publications into this country is equivalent to playing with I edged tools . Our American brethren are apt to avail themselves of English material in I

    im UUUVA comp porteT iling VV * to VV their read AVMVi " ' every ^/ ori T V /* g inal American A & UAV ' works * AVMM work , V and ^ U which II it is utterl he UV may AMMMM y beyond import **** fc # \^ -fc V , « the or % •* if ^ capacity LJk , A he * V X did « AVb « , of to V ^ any discover VUOWTVl innocent in 410 || it IV ] 1

    judgment what is ori of ginal the and Master wHat of is the the Rolls ' produce referred of to an tielow English the pen importer . Indeed must , according know by instinct to the II I

    . , the whether opportunity a . book , contains of exami . CQpyright ning the matter books . , for If action he does . lies innocentl . upon the y import importation such , without a work , even || and 1

    , the notice unconscious Eng , ' and lish thereb author importer y is to - the sufficientl inflict remotest heavy y vindictive chance costs , of if , protecting the not law heavy in gives or damages defending him full , without power ' himself according to . ' * Port sue unfttely without to the , 11 I I cises of such extreme vindictiveness are ritr ^ this country : ' but we cannot hdp I

    regarding the case of ' CooPBia v . Whittin 6 ham very , ' decided by the Master of the Rolls on the 1 4 th i ^ tant , as one of peculiar hardship to the Defendants . I

    , . . ,- Mpsjsrs , Wbittinghaw & WUkin are coach furiwsjhiers . in Long Acre , and for some yeaw jail I have called been The Hub accustomed & coachbuilder to receive ' s from journal America , and of a selling parcel of it 100 to members copies . of of a their monthl trade y publication . 1 II ,

    of Long In January Acre , and last specimen an English cop journal ies were of forwarded a similar - character to xhe * editor was started of The by Hub Mr . in J . New 0 . Cooper York , , 1 1 with ¦ and un +. Vi much a view iriATV friendl of ixf making molrtnn y correspondence his Yi-ia American A nrkAm / tork passed constituents /«/ -kna f . i' between ft-ick'rt-f . a acquainted ann the > itair two \ 4- ^ xA editors with iwi +. li ; his Vtia and friendly fviarx the American ltr English 1 i ! n < r 1 llin editor nw flTBlt , II

    i iw same quoted gather wuui a comp an article xjujuj from limentary tjk and letter xt 7 bvoJ cop introduction which ied an illustration put of juxi into Mr . Cooper Court thejwfrom riuii from ' s journal the i / ih xx < 7 his American to A nia pril const xi number to the ituents Engh , giving — sh ithis 'editor with at ¦» the m , II I I

    ei mo » p lanation of what . a he httij wuj . dohii was vrvm . We have u v ^ x > not .: xx seen uxxx the jolxU A OUL ^ ril number i » u wxo jui of xxguivu Ths flu v »—~ 6 , « w II theWfore not of the length of VfJL the 7 extracts CMJ KD Ul the 11 importance bOMXUO of Ul the WUV ¦¦ illnatratioD " *— II

    VH \ 3 M . \ JI \ JMlU are t » t . KJ ILKJV aware CbWCU . C 7 Ul % tiXK 3 XOll ^ KJUL UUCCA . UX or CCJ XIAXpVX unfortunatel made use of y . the So rig far ht , not however merel , y to as make his own extracts country , but , ig if concerned he chooses , , the to absorb editor the &*** wnow ??

    of TJnnlpdng the English he ha 4 iburnal done the in English his Btio editor , but clearly a good lie turn had ) he no sent right lim to an send earty them oopy by to P Bng ^ jj jjff » r ; I I ^ acte although » pajbohed it tot appears JOQ flpp unnecessaril iejs as , uQu y , « a gave . to his Messrs agents . WJutrtingham . IJheretipon ^ notioe f Mr . Cooper not to distribwe v ^ P ^ JJ w ^ Sj » I I

    « . f jtt ^ ad uinber not in aeWMtjiav this- gomitry ^ prU , ; numbeu & t * W * r $ and aA . * knew of receipt nothing of 4 o W $ » its jletM © Ont Mel 0 jii « « i ws £ and . , W - a ^ PP J ^ SS * 2 JS ^ I I ( assutning v # we < i l . n P ^ » twi ly * legitimate h § tandjpg ftbv matter Oqoper tb « ' s y letter wrote > tp a the sopxewhat . rcontraijy lttjudicioua ^ tfcjit The , ^ ® ^^ * J | < - ^ ! jE JK I

    ; ; . it M 4 * P Qooper « tfe » uj pesponsible > iwatwm ^ kbth < TO J ^ > ^ . > ( J 3 Poper 0 f * l possible « thon urprifl wrote ^ d damages M to them WW that « gid may tho «^ i dwtwto . ^ arise fcrt ^ throug itg : ^« ^ wort a SfSS w 5 3 1 I

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 15, 1880, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15061880/page/2/