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CONTENTS
Table of English, Scotch, Irish, Indian, and Colonial Cases PAGE

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PART I
THE LAW OF COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE DOMINIONS OF THE CROWN

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY 3
CHAPTER II
WHAT BOOKS ARE PROTECTED
Sec. I. What is an Original Book
Definition of a Book

Essential Elements of a Book
Physical Form
Literary Matter
Originality
Examples of what are Books

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Sec. 2. Publication

Divestitive Publication
Investitive Publication
First Publication within the British Dominions

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Sec. 3. Author's Nationality 42
Sec. 4. Immoral Works 46
Sec. 5. Registration

Before Action
The Requisite Entry
The Actual Title
The Time of First Publication
The Name and Place of Abode of the Publisher
The Name and Place of Abode of the Proprietor
Certificate of Registration
False Entries
Rectification of Register

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