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For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law (Studies in Book and Print Culture)
For the Encouragement of Learning addresses the contested history of copyright law in Canada, where the economic and reputational interests of authors and the commercial interests of publishers often conflict with the public interest in access to knowledge. It chronicles Canadas earliest copyright law to explain how pre-Confederation policy-makers understood copyrights normative purpose. Read more