Manufacturing clause
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The Manufacturing clause is a clause
specifically stating that all copies
of a work must be printed or otherwise produced domestically, even if the copyright
was held by a foreigner. This was a feature of the International Copyright Act of 1891, covering books, maps
, photographs, and lithographs. Its extension to all other media was proposed in the 1897 Treloar Copyright Bill
, which failed in committee. The manufacturing clause did not expire until 1986, keeping the US out of the Berne Convention
until 1989.
Clause
In grammar, a clause is the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. In some languages it may be a pair or group of words that consists of a subject and a predicate, although in other languages in certain clauses the subject may not appear explicitly as a noun phrase,...
specifically stating that all copies
Copying
Copying is the duplication of information or an artifact based only on an instance of that information or artifact, and not using the process that originally generated it. With analog forms of information, copying is only possible to a limited degree of accuracy, which depends on the quality of the...
of a work must be printed or otherwise produced domestically, even if the copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
was held by a foreigner. This was a feature of the International Copyright Act of 1891, covering books, maps
MAPS
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, photographs, and lithographs. Its extension to all other media was proposed in the 1897 Treloar Copyright Bill
Treloar Copyright Bill
The Treloar Copyright Bill was a revision of the United States copyright laws introduced February 13, 1896, in the first session of the 54th United States Congress as House of Representatives Bill No. 5976 by Missouri 9th District Representative William M. Treloar. The bill was then extensively...
, which failed in committee. The manufacturing clause did not expire until 1986, keeping the US out of the Berne Convention
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, is an international agreement governing copyright, which was first accepted in Berne, Switzerland in 1886.- Content :...
until 1989.