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| "''[[The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan|The Europeans]]'' (2019) interweaves [[rail transport]], the [[diffusion]] of [[cultural products]], the histories of [[history of copyright|copyright]], [[mechanical reproduction]], [[tourism]], [[19th century literature]], [[19th century art|art]] and [[19th century music|music]] with the personal lives of operatic star [[Pauline Viardot]], her husband [[Louis Viardot]] and her lover [[Ivan Turgenev]] to sketch a remarkably lively portrait of [[19th century Europe]]."--Sholem Stein | "''[[The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan|The Europeans]]'' (2019) interweaves [[rail transport]], the [[diffusion]] of [[cultural products]], the histories of [[history of copyright|copyright]], [[mechanical reproduction]], [[tourism]], [[19th century literature]], [[19th century art|art]] and [[19th century music|music]] with the personal lives of operatic star [[Pauline Viardot]], her husband [[Louis Viardot]] and her lover [[Ivan Turgenev]] to sketch a remarkably lively portrait of [[19th century Europe]]."--Sholem Stein | ||
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"The sale of one's publishing and copyrights can also be liberating, depending on the circumstances. Singer-songwriters Laura Nyro and Jimmy Webb both sold their publishing in their early twenties, and were able to retire or devote themselves to purely artistic efforts. Porter Wagoner and Janis Ian each ran into financial trouble due to mismanagement, and were only able to avoid bankruptcy by selling their publishing." --Sholem Stein "The Europeans (2019) interweaves rail transport, the diffusion of cultural products, the histories of copyright, mechanical reproduction, tourism, 19th century literature, art and music with the personal lives of operatic star Pauline Viardot, her husband Louis Viardot and her lover Ivan Turgenev to sketch a remarkably lively portrait of 19th century Europe."--Sholem Stein "I would beg leave to whisper in your ear two words: International Copyright. I use them in no sordid sense, believe me, and those who know me best, best know that."--The Speeches of Charles Dickens |
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Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally "the right to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is ©, and in some jurisdictions may alternatively be written as either (c) or (C).
History
Copyright was invented after the advent of the printing press and subsequent widening of public literacy. As a legal concept, its origins in Britain were from a reaction to printers' monopolies at the beginning of the eighteenth century. In Britain the King of England and Scotland was concerned by the unregulated copying of books and used the royal prerogative to pass the Licensing Act of 1662 which established a register of licensed books and required a copy to be deposited with the Stationers Company, essentially continuing the licensing of material for the benefit of printers that had long been in effect. The Statute of Anne in 1709 was the first real copyright act, and gave the author in the new nation of Britain rights for a fixed period, after which the copyright expired. Internationally, the Berne Convention in 1887 set out the scope of copyright protection, and is still in force to this day. Copyright has grown from a legal concept regulating copying rights in the publishing of books and maps to one with a significant effect on nearly every modern industry, covering such items as sound recordings, films, photographs, software, and architectural works.
Duration
Copyright subsists for a variety of lengths in different jurisdictions. The length of the term can depend on several factors, including the type of work (e.g. musical composition, novel), whether the work has been published or not, and whether the work was created by an individual or a corporation. In most of the world, the default length of copyright is the life of the author plus either 50 or 70 years. In the United States, the term for most existing works is a fixed number of years after the date of creation or publication.
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