The Project Gutenberg EBook of Literary Copyright, by Charles Dudley WarnerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Literary CopyrightAuthor: Charles Dudley WarnerRelease Date: December 6, 2004 [EBook #3116]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITERARY COPYRIGHT ***Produced by David WidgerLITERARY COPYRIGHTBy Charles Dudley WarnerThis is the first public meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The original members were selected by aninvitation from the American Social Science Association, which acted under the power of its charter from the Congressof the United States. The members thus selected, who joined the Social Science Association, were given the alternativeof organizing as an independent institute or as a branch of the Social Science Association.At the annual meeting of the Social Science Association on September 4, 1899, at Saratoga Springs, the members ofthe Institute voted to organize independently. They formally adopted the revised constitution, which had been agreedupon at the first meeting, in New York in the preceding January, and elected officers as prescribed by the constitution.The object is declared to be the advancement of art and literature, and the qualification shall be notable ...
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