Charles Sumner: “If authors should have a copyright anywhere, they should have it…”

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If authors should have a copyright anywhere, they should have it everywhere within the limits of civilization.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that authors should have universal copyright protection across all civilized nations.

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Charles Sumner: “If authors should have a copyright anywhere, they should have it everywhere within the limits of civilization.”