Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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CHAP. vir] COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION 1227 copyright in the United States only on condition of setting up their works in type within the limits of that country, while an American author would automatically obtain copy- tight in Canada by publishing merely in the United Kingdom. In view of the complicated position of affairs the Imperial Government appointed a Departmental Committee repre- senting the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Board. of Trade,and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, to consider the Canadian Copyright Act of 1889, In their report! the Committee pointed out that the Canadian Act was incon- sistent with the Berne Convention, as the Canadian Govern- ment recognized, and that if Canada withdrew from the Berne Convention the Act of 1886 would also cease to apply to Canada, and Canadian authors would cease to have copy- tight in the United Kingdom or in any other part of the British Dominions except Canada ; and the author of a book first published in any other part of the British Domi- nions (except the United Kingdom) or in any foreign country belonging to the Copyright Union would cease to have copy- right in Canada. They recognized that if Canada pressed for withdrawal from the Union her request could not well be refused, but this step would be a matter for much regret, since it would strike a serious blow at the policy of Inter- national and Imperial copyright, and would be a retrograde measure that would condemn Canada to a policy of isolation and of antagonism to the communities of civilized states which had become parties to the Treaty of Berne. More- over, the withdrawal of Canada from the terms of the Act would seriously affect, for example, Australian authors. The Committee considered that the Canadian legislation Was, to some extent, hardly consistent with the assurance given by Her Majesty’s Government to the Government of the United States of America. They suggested that the Canadian Act of 1875 was no longer necessary and might be withdrawn. The Imperial Act of 1886 gave copyright to books first published in any part of the Queen’s Dominions, and the Act of 1875 was no longer, therefore, essential. ' Parl. Pap., C. 7783, pp. 43-56.

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