Clarify copyright claim

Overview

Date	1884-03-10
Publication	Athenaeum
Topic	Clarify copyright claim
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Subject	literature
Keywords	Tibbs copyright claim re: WMR
Standards	historical accuracy
↳	first-person ref.
Notes

Annotation details

83 March 10 Athenaeum

Topic:

Clarify a copyright question regarding Autotype Company.

Citation:

Rossetti, William M. "Art Copyright." Athenaeum (March 10, 1883): 319. Web. 21 September 2011.

Summary:

Rossetti clarifies the facts upon which Mr. Tibbs based a copyright claim regarding the Autotype Company. Rossetti stipulates his position.

Prior to this letter, there had been multiple controversies involving copyrights to various Dante Rossetti works in the wake of his death and the ensuing rush by many to open exhibitions and publish books on Dante Rossetti. For example, William Rossetti threatened legal action regarding a Dante Rossetti unpublished poem (Letters 436) reportedly included in one particular memoir, resulting in the last-minute excision from the book.

Mode:

critical

Keywords:

correction, clarification, Autotype Company

Standards of Judgment:

historical accuracy, first-person reference

References:

Mr. Tibbs, Autotype Company, Mr. Rowley

Rhetoric:

definitive

Writing technique/tone:

brief, explanatory

Works Cited

Rossetti, William Michael. Selected Letters of William Michael Rossetti. Ed. Roger Peattie. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1990. Print.