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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to copyright and piracy
Copyright law in Great Britain - 1860 (Turner vs Robinson)
2The Death of Chatterton
Copyright law in USA - 1880s (Sarony vs. Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co)
3Copyright law in USA - 1884 (Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. vs. Sarony)
Copyright law in Great Britain - 1888 (Messrs. Braun and Co. vs. A.E. Whitehouse)
4International Copyright of Photographs - Messrs. Braun and Co. (17 August 1888)
5International Copyright of Photographs - Messrs. Braun and Co. (24 August 1888)
6International Copyright of Photographs - Judgement - Messrs. Braun and Co. (21 September 1888)

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