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The public generally are divided with regard to it between indifference on the one hand, and confusion of thought and opinion on the other; an indifference or ignorance that may be easily accounted for, and perhaps justified, by circumstances that belong to the history of the question. There is found in the first place, a real complexity in the subject itself, which has frustrated many sincere attempts to secure legislation upon it; while another difficulty lies in the supposed remoteness of the question from the interests of the people at large. But after many years of discussion and legal controversy, a stage has been reached where nearly all of those directly interested in its establishment have come to a general agreement as to what action will most nearly cope with the present unsatisfactory and embarrassing condition. The work of the American Copyright League has done much towards uniting the general drift of opinion, and it is now believed that there is a fair chance of securing the passage of a suitable bill during the next session of Congress. Though like other reforms it will probably seem simple enough when established, yet its history shows a sharp conflict of several principles involving the nature of copyright itself. Thus it is questioned whether authors have or have not an inherent right in their own works when published; whether in the absence of such right it would or would not best serve the interests of the public to grant to authors certain protective privileges "for the encouragement of learning;" and whether native American literature is fostered or repressed by the free reproduction of foreign works. On whatever principles it is based, existing legislation now secures to holders of copyright the "exclusive right of multiplying for sale, copies of works of literature or art, either to the author thereof or to his assigns." The law of the United States secures copy NUMBER 38. Its right only to any citizen or resident therein. "term is twenty-eight years from date of recording; but at the end of that term, the author, if living, or, if dead, his widow or child, may record copyright for an additional term of fourteen years." Advocates of international copyright desire the extension of the same privileges to all foreigners, being firmly convinced that no other course is either just or wise, and maintaining in fact that the present withholding of all such rights from foreigners is working disastrously to all parties interested. Only through long and complicated experience and discussion have authors and publishers reached unanimity of opinion in the matter. It now remains to rouse public opinion to a degree that will ensure legislation to right the wrong now existing. For two reasons this question has a claim to public attention. First is the consideration of fair play for authors, and to a challenge for fair play Americans should never be indifferent. Equally urgent is the need for reform in the interests of the public themselves. Already the evil is working against authors, and through them. against the general good. For the great abundance and cheapness in the book market of reprints of English books means that, in the absence of international copyright, no part of the price of the books goes to the authors of them; and, moreover, that we are thus stealing the property of English authors at the expense of our own literature, and reading English history, poetry, fiction in a cheap form of more or less convenience, with the result of making literature unprofitable, to a certain extent impossible, for American authors. Thus, instead of encouraging a growth we earnestly desire, we are driving its cultivators from the field. How should this policy be defended? Hardly by a defiant attitude towards our own welfare and that of a small but highly-honored class of fellow-citizens, the authors it is our delight to honor. Is there justice then in the principle that an author has no inherent right to the property he creates? Shall we adopt the argument of the few active opponents of international copyright, that "thought unless expressed is the property of the thinker; when given to |