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COPYRIGHT IN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
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the you Thirty had ? Years Is it in ' War his our knowledge commanders that during when
took they gained all the victories books they , instead ^ could of get levy hold ing gold of ?' ,
In this way Sweden is very rich . in rare old manuscripts and books . There will , however ,
be Kft no no ainerence difference ot of opinion oninion with -with the the writer -writ . « r when he goes on to hopes that the authorities of the British Museum will be careful to
secure Upsala some edition of , these 1514 , treasures of J . Gersoii , notabl ' s y ' How that
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surpassing interest to obtain some of those the curious brothers old tracts Petri of the and reforming to learn PPl evan what gelists they ,
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| been as the considerabl Government , y , reduced grant to —most the Museum unwisely has
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COPYRIGHT IN GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS .
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c Treasury orrespondence and the which Stationery has passed Office between on the the
subject tions . of copyright in Government
publicaof the The Crown law g , ives the to same the Crown right , of or copyri the assi ght gnee as to servant a private individual . Consequently , if a
ment duty , for or of which if a the person he Crown is paid is , speciall in , composes the y emp cours any loyed e of docu and his - paid bthe ™ Crown ^ a . for « . ^^^ the WAJb ^ of
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the The case majority of a private of publications employer . issued under t
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at cit considerable considera In other bl cases e cost cost the works worirs Government in in which which publishes tew few nor--per
and lished sons science onl for y the are purpose interested of , pro but moting which literature are
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publication ni i > of works .. of this character __ to the _ p same lace them extent as as regards heretofore copyri , it ght is necessary in the sam to e
position If ____ _> . ¦ the renroduefcion as , publications < f _ l ^_ flk _ A of them b y private \ ^ nr , nf publishersr - tha _ __ _ k ^_ moat i * . _ B ¦¦ ¦ -- i III ¦ —¦ , 1 1
^^—^^» ^ ^ — -- - — — ' — - —— -p " — - ——— —— —— - ^_ v ^^ l ^—V ^— ^ V « ^^^—^^ ^_^ ^ fl * ff - ^^ f t ^
^»—popular lishersis portions permitte of d them the , private by private publisher
ptibwill be , able to put into , his own pocket the profits " — —> i — ' ~— — - — - of — the ^— ' —¦ work — - ~— - ————^ , - — wh — - _ _ _ ich > ^_ w ' oug ~ ^ T ^^ m" ht — — to ^^ — go b ^ mI ^^ — in ^—^^—^^_ - ^ relief ^—¦ - ^^^ ^—i ^ v ^ —i ^^ ^__>
of the The general question public , then , the , is , taxpayers what are . the } classes of works the reproduction of which is to be
restri Government cted , or to be publications left unrestricted may be ? classified
as , follows : ( 1 . ) Reports of Select Committees of the
two Houses of Parliament , or of Hoyal Commissions .
( 2 . ) Papers required by statute to be laid before Parliament , e . g . Orders in Council ,
rules counts ^^^ p - ^^ p - ^^^¦ ^^ ^^^ mm ^^^ r ^ made r , ^^ H reports <^ " ^* ^^^ ¦ ^ T ^^ ^^^ ^ b ^™ ¦ ^ y Government of ^^» ¦ Government ^^^ ~ ^^ ^ r ^^^ ^^ - ^ ¦ ™ ™ — ^^— ^ Departm ~— ^— ¦¦ - ' Insp ^^ - ^ - ^¦ ^ ^^^ ^^ h ™^ e —^^ - ct ~^ ents ^ ^^ ors ^^^ ^^ i ^ p ^ p ^^ . r , ^^
acmand ( 3 . ) e . Pap g . treaties ers laid di before plomatic Parliam correspondence ent by
comreports , from Consuls , and Secretaries of Lega- , tionreports of inquiries into explosions or
accidents , , and other special reports made to Government Departments .
( ( 5 4 . . ) ) Act Official s of books Parliament , e . gr . . Queen ' 's ' regulations
for ( the 6 . ) Army Literary or Navy or quas . . i- , literary . works . , e . g . the reports of the * Challenger Expeditionthe
the Holls ¦ ' Board publications ~ -r of - Trade ¦¦ , the Journ for incoming al / - State trials , , ^^^ H ^ B ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^~^ v ^— —^ — ¦ — j — , — — *
A ( 7 p . ) respects Charts and the first Ordnance five classes maps . of publicationstlfe reproduction of themwith certain
exceptions , , should ^ not be restricted , in any form whaterer . Indeedin most cases it is . ' M i A , H I A ^ ^ ^» ^^ ^ ^^
desirable that ^^ they-should be niade . kno ^ n to the public as widely as possible .
ment The . and ' first it . official exception ^ ^ m books * is A , that — sho ^ B » uld Acts A ^ not of ^^ Parlia flM ^^ b . ^^ ^ - t excep
when published under the authority , of the Government , purport on the face of them to
be published The second by authorit tion y is . where a work of a literary or ^ t /^ si excep -literary character , comes
accithe dentall reports y within of these the Historical classes . For Manuscri examp p le ts ,
were Commi ^ ^ ^^^ V * . ^*^ produced ^^*^ ^¦ s ^ " sion ^^ ^ . ^^^ - ^^^™ ^^ - ^^ would ~^ ^^ under ^~ - ^ " ¦ ¦¦ ¦—¦ — — , - ^ ——~ but the ^ " ^ — — for —¦ - direction — - the '' ' ^^ ^ " ^ — fact - — —*— — ' —¦ of that ™ ¦—^ a ~^ — - com ~ they - — ~ " ~ ——~~
-mission instead of under the Master of the like Rolls the , be Rolls published publications in the ordinary and come manner within
Class 6 . , So , again , a report to a Government
Department may of be eminent laid before scientific Parliament knowled made who by a person ge
public is willing the advantage to give the of his Government knowledge , but and not the to
allow it to "be reproduced for the private benefit of an individual publisher . Mr . Whitehead ' s
reports on injurious insects are an instance of this ViJ case ^*^ .
» ^* ' *» Tr-w- time Axr Other to time ^ excep occur tions which will , can no onl doubt y be , -- deal from r t
w ^ tr fopa ^ ith n ^^^ m - ^^ as —¦ ' —r they ¦—¦ ' — — —— ' —~ arise - ""^ —~ " . , - ^ m — " ^ — , - - — - ^^ _ — — As regards the sixth and seventh classes
copyri above ^^^ ^^^ B ^^ W . fll f ^ g VtfM mentioned ^ ht l ^ . # ^» ^ 1 » ^ in . **»^^^ them ^^ ^ P ^ ^ P ^ ^^ p » P ^ ^ , ^ p ^^ it should ^ pw " ^^^ seems ' ^ P' ¦ ^ ^ " ^ ~^ P' ^» be »^^ desirabl ^^ PF ^ enforced ^^^ p ^^^^ ^^ m - ^ ^^ " e ^^ - - ^"" - that ^ —• ' in »*—¦—• ' the the ' —*
science interests . of For the , as taxpayer pointed , and out of above literature , unless and # copyri ! ¦¦ ht is ptp ^ enforced -pt » cheap ppi ipr cop iv ies r' *^ - of -- the --- ~ -
works ^^ r ^ p ^ M ¦ ' W ^* , g V ^ v rwmmam or of ^^ the ^^ p "" p ^^ p ^ popular ^^ ^ - ^^ ^ p ^ ^^ , ^ pp ^^ portion r p ^^ p ^ ^ p ^ ™ ^^» of ^ p- ^ * - " them ~^» —•—• , can — ^—
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