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Update on Update

By William Patry

I just finished the first substantive update; it will be shipped I understand in July. I have gone through the entire treatise, beginning to end, and done a true revision rather than merely plugging in new cases. Almost all chapters have new sections; chapters 2 (statutory interpretation) and 9 (pleading) have been substantially rewritten. I will follow this pattern for all future updates (not merely plugging in new cases), and have other chapters I am interested in revising for the next update (there are two a year).

I have also added at no cost new material in the appendix: the 1710 Statute of Anne, the pre-1790 state copyright laws, and all U.S. Copyright Acts from 1790 to the 1909 Act. For the 1909 Act, there are two versions, as enacted and as in effect on December 31, 1977. This should be a valuable resource. I would very much appreciate suggestions for future updates, whether textual additions or to the Appendix.

Full post as published by The Patry Treatise Blog on May 18, 2007 (boomark / email).