Copyright in periodicals in the nineteenth century: Genre and balancing the rights of contributors and publishers

Cooper, E. (2018) Copyright in periodicals in the nineteenth century: Genre and balancing the rights of contributors and publishers. Victorian Periodicals Review, 51(4), pp. 661-678. (doi: 10.1353/vpr.2018.0048)

Abstract

This article provides an overview of nineteenth-century copyright rules balancing the rights of contributors and publishers in periodical works as enacted in section 18 of the 1842 Literary Copyright Act and as further debated in the later nineteenth century. With a view to instigating a conversation between law and the humanities, this study highlights perceptions of the social importance of different genres—encyclopedias, reviews, magazines, and periodical works—as expressed in nineteenth-century copyright debates.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Cooper, Dr Elena
• Authors: Cooper, E.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Law
• Journal Name: Victorian Periodicals Review
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• ISSN: 0709-4698
• ISSN (Online): 1712-526X
• Published Online: 14 January 2019
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
• First Published: First published in Victorian Periodicals Review 51(4):661-678
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy