...Yeales, in aid of his opinion, relied much upon that statute: arguing that from the title, which is an " act for the encouragement of learning by vesting the...the authors or purchasers of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and from the provision in the act, that the sole right should be vested,...

...write, on the other, were scarcely more distinct with us, until the passing, in the year 1710, of " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting...books in, the authors or purchasers of such copies." 1 The right is limited to fourteen years, and it is conditional on the book being registered in Stationers'...

...to enter at what time they should In the year 1709, being the 8th of Queen Anne, an act was made ' for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the...the authors or purchasers of such copies, during the times therein mentioned.' The preamble to this law stated that printers, booksellers, and other persons...

...namely, by vesting the copy in the author and publisher during a certain time. The title is, " an " act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting...authors or purchasers of *' such copies, during the time therein mentioned :" find by the enacting clause, there is a right given in those already printed,...

...interested, and the reasons which appear to justify such construction. The title of the Act is, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting...the authors or purchasers of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." The preamble states : " Whereas printers, booksellers, and other persons,...

...works printed and published, as expressed in the Act passed in the 8th of queen Anne, intitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting...copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of auch copies, during the times therein mentioned," and in the Act passed in the 4>lst year of his present...

...; viz. It appeared, that by an Act of parliament, passed in the 8th of queen Anne, intituled, « An Act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting the copies of printed books in the authors and purchasers of such copies, during the times therein mentioned,' u was, amongst other things, enacted,...

...and in the 15ih and 41st years of his present Majesty, lor the encouragement of Learning, by vexing the Copies of printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies, and for other purposes therein mentioned ; and to report, whether any and what Alterations are requisite...

...the judgment of the House of Lords, thus: " That although, by the act of the 8th Anne, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by vesting...the authors or purchasers of such copies, during the terms therein mentioned, no person printing or reprinting any book without consent, as in the said...

...multiply each book or copy to what quantity he pleases. “They also contended, that the act of Anne vests the copies of printed books in the authors or purchasers of such copies during the times therein limited, but only during that limited time, and under the terms prescribed by the act....