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29 Wayne L. Rev. 1119 (1982-1983)
The Historic Foundation of American Copyright Law: Exploding the Myth of Common Law Copyright

handle is hein.journals/waynlr29 and id is 1139 raw text is: WAYNE LAW REVIEW VOLUME 29 SPRING 1983 NUMBER 3 THE HISTORIC FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COPYRIGHT LAW: EXPLODING THE MYTH OF COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT HOWARD B. ABRAMSt CONTENTS I. THE AMERICAN COPYRIGHT SYSTEM: THE BASIC VALUES .................................... 1120 II. THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATION ..................... 1129 A. Common Law Copyright: Did it Exist? .......... 1129 B. The English Background ....................... 1134 1. The Beginnings of Copyright ................ 1134 2. The Statute of Anne ....................... 1138 3. The Early Cases ........................... 1142 a. Common Law Copyright Claims ......... 1142 b. Unpublished Manuscripts ............... 1146 c. The Royal Patents ..................... 1147 4. M illarv. Taylor ........................... 1152 5. The Great Question of Literary Property: Donaldson v. Becket ....................... 1156 III. COPYRIGHT IN AMERICA: THE EARLY HISTORY ...... 1171 A. The Pre-Constitutional Era ..................... 1171 1. The Colonial Experience..................1171 2. The Articles of Confederation ............... 1172 B. The Constitutional Clause ...................... 1174 C. Wheaton v. Peters ............................ 1178 IV. THE LEGACY OF WHEATON V. PETERS ................ 1185 t Copyright @ 1983 Howard B. Abrams. Associate Professor of Law, University of Detroit School of Law. B.A. 1963, University of Michigan; J.D. 1966, University of Chicago. The author would like to extend his special thanks to Ms. Mary Hayes of the University of Detroit School of Law Library for her invaluable assistance in locating hard to find materials and documents throughout the country. 1119

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