Project Gutenberg 2012-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 83 United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Patents 74184284 Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906. Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives,..." is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work documents the discussions and testimonies of various stakeholders regarding proposed amendments to copyright law. The book likely delves into the complexities of copyright legislation, highlighting key arguments made by authors, artists, and legal representatives involved in the reform process. The opening section introduces the context of a congressional hearing held over several days in June 1906, where Herbert Putnam, the Librarian of Congress, outlines the need for comprehensive revisions to outdated copyright laws. He emphasizes the importance of modernizing these laws to better protect the rights of creators across various fields, including literature, music, and visual arts. The text details the collaborative efforts of representatives from different creative disciplines as they present their perspectives, complaints, and suggestions aimed at drafting a more effective copyright statute. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40613/40613-h/images/cover.jpg en Copyright -- United States KF Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Politics 844066 843986 2024-09-17T07:13:19.603560 2023-09-17T15:20:44.102274 text/html text/html 840553 2012-08-29T10:36:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 277904 2012-08-29T10:36:18 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 297705 2024-09-17T07:13:29.515496 application/epub+zip 310988 2024-09-17T07:13:20.618549 application/epub+zip 310988 2024-09-17T07:13:20.107587 application/epub+zip 524672 2024-09-17T07:13:35.247483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 541037 2024-09-17T07:13:29.044510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 540754 2022-09-18T15:12:35.778980 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 770979 770774 2024-09-17T07:13:17.731567 2023-09-17T15:20:42.109241 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 770465 2012-08-29T10:36:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 249442 2012-08-29T10:36:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 770620 2012-08-29T10:36:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 249415 2012-08-29T10:36:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20331 2024-09-17T07:13:35.397555 application/rdf+xml 8626 2024-09-17T07:13:20.221564 image/jpeg 1576 2024-09-17T07:13:20.165545 image/jpeg 280324 2024-09-17T07:13:19.666559 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog