Yet several writers of his time sold their copyrights for sums such as he never ventured to ask.
This jurisdiction is undoubtedly extensive, comprising among others, power to legislate concerning trade and industry, criminal law, taxation, quarantine, marriage and divorce, weights and measures, legal tender, copyrights and patents, and naturalization and aliens.
After 1903 copyrights were leased by the state.
They institute legal protection for copyrights, patents, and trademarks.
The VCR was nearly derailed over the issue of copyrights.