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===Statute of Anne===
===Statute of Anne===
According to Historians, the first modern copyrights law was enacted April 10, 1710 known as Statute of Anne (Anno Octavo,Annae Reginae), "an act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned." The law grants an individual 120 of copyright and his Assignee or Assigns are given the right to renew to print or reprint the book for another fourteen years.<ref>[http://www.copyrighthistory.com/anne.html Statute of Anne 1710]</ref> Part of the Statute reads...
According to Historians, the first modern copyrights law was enacted April 10, 1710 known as Statute of Anne (Anno Octavo,Annae Reginae), "an act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned." The law grants an individual 14 years of copyright and his Assignee or Assigns are given the right to renew to print or reprint the book for another fourteen years.<ref>[http://www.copyrighthistory.com/anne.html Statute of Anne 1710]</ref> Part of the Statute reads...
''Whereas Printers, Booksellers, and other Persons, have of late frequently taken the Liberty of Printing, Reprinting,and Publishing, or causing to be Printed, Reprinted, and Published Books,and other Writings, without the Con-sent of the Authors or Proprietors ofsuch Books and Writings, to their very great Detriment, and too often to the Ruin of them and their Fami-lies: For Preventing therefore such Practices for the future, and for the Encouragement of Learned Men to Compose and Write use-ful Books; May it please Your Majesty, that it may be Enacted, and be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Majesty,...(Statute of Anne 1710, Great Britain)''
''Whereas Printers, Booksellers, and other Persons, have of late frequently taken the Liberty of Printing, Reprinting,and Publishing, or causing to be Printed, Reprinted, and Published Books,and other Writings, without the Con-sent of the Authors or Proprietors of such Books and Writings, to their very great Detriment, and too often to the Ruin of them and their Fami-lies: For Preventing therefore such Practices for the future, and for the Encouragement of Learned Men to Compose and Write use-ful Books; May it please Your Majesty, that it may be Enacted, and be it Enacted by the Queens most Excellent Majesty,...(Statute of Anne 1710, Great Britain)''
===Connecticut Copyright Statute===
The first formal copyright law that was enacted in the United States was the Connecticut Statute of 1783 which is based from the Statute of Anne granting an author 14 years of copyright to profit from his work and such copyright is renewable for another 14 years if he is still alive.This statute served as the basis for US Copyright Act.<ref>[http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~epflugfe/McGuffey%20project/624.4.html Connecticut Statute of 1783]</ref>
===US Federal Copyright Act of 1790===
The United States Congress enacted the US Copyright Act of 1790
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