I was referring to the Statute of Anne, which was passed by the British parliament in 1710, which was 66 years before America declared independence. That’s the actual “original copyright law”.
The US copied it almost verbatim for their first copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1790, but that was 80 years later. The only change they made was to add maps and charts as things that could be copyrighted.
I was referring to the Statute of Anne, which was passed by the British parliament in 1710, which was 66 years before America declared independence. That’s the actual “original copyright law”.
The US copied it almost verbatim for their first copyright law, the Copyright Act of 1790, but that was 80 years later. The only change they made was to add maps and charts as things that could be copyrighted.