Excerpt from The Law Relating to Works of Literature and Art: Embracing the Law of Copyright, the Law Relating to Newspapers, the Law Relating to Contracts Between Authors, Publishers, Printers, &C., , And the Law of Libel, With the Statutes Relating Thereto, Forms of Agreements Between Authors, Publishers, &C, About four years ago it was proposed to the author that he should collect in one book the various branches of law relating to works of literature and art, with a view of supplying not only the legal profession with such a work, but also those engaged in literary and artistic pursuits, whether as authors, editors, or publishers, with a complete statement of the law bearing on the subjects of their important labours. The work then began has from time to time occupied the author's attention ever since, and the present volume is the result of labours which other business has frequently and for long periods interrupted.It was originally not the intention of the author to deal with the subject of Copyright in Designs, but, in order that the book might contain a complete treatise on the law of Copyright, a supplementary chapter has been added (pp. 602 in which this department of law is fully treated.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.