The phrase "sole right and liberty" of the Copyright Statute of Anne was used twice in reference to the first term of 14 years and "exclusive right" of the Constitution for the second term of 14 years. The Copyright Act of 1790 applied to maps. charts. and books. The new Immigrants needed maps to indicate the routes they might take toward the free land in the new country. charts to show the water routes. copyright on books to protect the future development of American authors. since there were few American authors at that time. The majority of the immigrant families had only two books. Shakespeare and the Bible. It might interest my distinguished colleagues in the House to know that the first American history written by an American over 200 years ago was the work of Cadwallader Colden. of colonial days.
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