Re: New York Times

For us layfolk: What is the Statute of Anne?

Margie Wylie
<zeke[_at_]digmedia.com>

>On Wed, 27 Mar 1996, Martin Medeiros wrote:
>>
>> It is interesting to note that the New York Times is playing
>> the exact same role of the book-publishers of 16th century
>> England did which forced the passage of the Statue of Anne,
>> the genesis of modern copyright law. This time the battlefield
>> is on the net instead of pulp.
>
> Is there currently the public resistance to monopolization that was the
> driving force behind the anti-monopoly provisions in the Statute of Anne?
> Without that it may be difficult to get a contemporary equivalent of the
> Statue of Anne.
>
> Steven Bosnick
> sbosnick[_at_]uoguelph.ca
> VP External
> Philosophy Department Graduate Students' Association
> University of Guelph University of Guelph
Received on Mon Apr 01 1996 - 01:54:44 GMT