The 1710 act established the principles of authors’ ownership of copyright and a fixed term of protection of copyrighted works (14 years, and renewable for 14 more if the author was alive upon expiration). The 1662 act lapsed in 1695 leading to a relaxation of government censorship, and in 1710 Parliament enacted the Statute of Anne to address the concerns of English booksellers and printers. The Licensing Act of 1662 confirmed that monopoly and established a register of licensed books to be administered by the Stationers’ Company, a group of printers with the authority to censor publications. As the number of presses grew, authorities sought to control the publication of books by granting printers a near monopoly on publishing in England. The history of American copyright law originated with the introduction of the printing press to England in the late fifteenth century. 18th-19th Centuries | 20th-21st Centuries | Bibliography and Resources
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