"The Transformation of Originality in the Progressive-Era Debate Over Copyright in News"

Documents

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

• The Atlanta Constitution, March 14, 1884, p. 4, col. 3 ("News that is not a statement of facts or alleged facts is not news, and now some of the leading newspapers want to know how copyright can cover facts or alleged facts. . . .")
• "The News Copyright Law," The Atlanta Constitution, March 20, 1884, p. 4
• "Can News Be Copyrighted?," The Atlanta Constitution, March 25, 1884, p, 4. col. 1
• "News Copyright Not Legal," Boston Daily Globe, March 27, 1884, p. 2
• Evening Observer (Dunkirk, NY), March 29, 1884, p.1, col. 4 ("Washington - Henry Watterson Heard in Explanation and Advocacy of Copyright Bill")
• Evening Observer (Dunkirk, NY), April 1, 1884, p.2, col. 3 ("The Sherman copyright bill, now before congress, is a blow aimed at the country press, and designed to create a monopoly of newsgathering. . . .")
• Evening Observer (Dunkirk, NY), April 3, 1884, p.2, col. 3 ("There is no boubt that the Sherman bill, if it should become a law, would be used by the larger newspapers and news associations to harass the smaller ones with litigation. . . .")
• The Galveston News, February 8, 1884, p. 4, col. 5 ("If there be any justice in patents and copyright it might be equally just to pass the bill now before Congress to protect newspapers by giving them copyright of their contents for twenty-four hours. . . .")
• "Journalistic Free Grass," The Galveston News, February 17, 1884, p. 1, col. 1
• The Galveston News, March 20, 1884 ("In the inquiry by the congressional library committee on the newspaper limited copyright bill the question was raised whether Congress can grant copyright to owners of matter other than the authors. . . ."
• "Newspaper Copyright," Milwaukee Sentinel, February 22, 1884, p. 4
• "Stealing News," The Nation, February 21, 1884, p. 159 (bound version)
• New York Times, November 20, 1870, p. 1 ("Washington . . . The New Copyright Law")
• "Copyright in Newspapers,"New York Times, February 2, 1884, p. 4
• "Proposing to Copyright News," New York Times, February 18, 1884, p.2
• New York Times, February 18, 1884, p.4 (editorial)
• "An Effort to Copyright News," Newark Daily Advocate (Newark, OH), January 26, 1884, p. 1, col. 3
• "News Monopoly Scheme," Newark Daily Advocate (Newark, OH), February 19, 1884, p. 1, col. 6
• "Mr. Watterson's Hobby," Newark Daily Advocate (Newark, OH), February 25, 1884, p. 1, col. 5
• "Cornering the News," Newark Daily Advocate (Newark, OH), March 3, 1884, p. 1, col. 2
• "The News Copyright Scheme," The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI), February 26, 1884, p. 2, col. 2
• "Monopoly in News," The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, WI), February 19, 1884, p. 3, col. 2
• Saturday Evening Observer (Dunkirk, NY), March 15, 1884, p.1, col. 1 ("By Telegraph. The Nation's Capital. Henry Watterson Argues in Support of the Newspaper Copyright Bill Before the Library Committee.")
• Saturday Evening Observer (Dunkirk, NY), March 22, 1884, p.4, col. 2 ("It is supposed by some that because a trade-mark or a city directory may be copyrighted, therefore news dispatches may be also . . .")

Petitions to Congress

• The News Copyright Bill [form petition, submitted by many newspaper editors]

Briefs

• Brief for Appellants
• Brief for Appellee
• Reply Brief for Appellants
• Brief in Reply and Argument Filed Herein on Behalf of Appellants in Illinois Commission Company et al., Appellants, vs. Cleveland Telegraph Company et al., Appellees