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From the long title of the Statute of Anne, "Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies". In other words, the Statute of Anne protecte
by req2 17y ago
From the long title of the Statute of Anne, "Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies".
In other words, the Statute of Anne protected publishers of books. Not musicians.
- jgrahamc 17y agoAt the time there was no way of recording music so it didn't protect reproduction of the music in a form you could listen to. But as the court case "Bach vs. Longman" established in 1777 that statute did cover sheet music which was how Bach made money. http://www.copyrighthistory.org/cgi-bin/kleioc/0010/exec/ausgabe/%22uk_1777%22 http://www.copyrighthistory.org/cgi-bin/kleioc/0010/exec/aus...
- req2 17y agoSo I want to link techdirt - http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090426/1837134647.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090426/1837134647.shtml for their (short) commentary on a (short) 1897 music piracy article from the NYTimes. (Direct link: http://www.bestactever.com/2009/04/26/the-long-war-music-piracy-in-1897-nytimes/ http://www.bestactever.com/2009/04/26/the-long-war-music-pir...) http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/12/public-century-composers http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2008/12/public-century-com... gives a better overview of how the problems of music today are the same problems as back then. This includes a deal of piracy and stealing of works, and also mentions the other problems copyright introduces, such as the dilution of quality. Dickens and Haydn could have created greater works if they weren't focused on public patronage for money.