The Statute of Anne

Produced by Michael S. Hart.
The Statute of Anne
1. Preparer's notes 2. A Modern Formatted Statute of Anne 3. A Transcription from the Original Statute of Anne
Statute of Anne: Preparer's Notes
Created from various public domain versions.
Repetition of last words on pages eliminated, Latin intro and extro translated into English. End of line hyphenations removed for searching. Typo of peny for penny has been corrected, with the elimination of the accompanying sic. Also seasonable replaced by reasonable with the removal of that sic, as well. Queens is replaced with queen's , and majesties would become majesty's , entred becomes entered and these typos were often in multiple places.
Vice-Chancellors and Vice Chancellors both appeared so I chose Vice Chancellors just to make searches more simple.
I would like to comment just how obvious it is that the rights of the authors was an add on to this document, taking place only on a sixth sheet containing only two small paragraphs, as this makes it even more obvious just how every right was originally for The Stationers, who are now descended as by The World Intellectual Property Organization through various means.
This law was proposed and defeated 250 years— from its first draft by The Stationers just as The Gutenberg Press got going to this period.
All monarchs, and Oliver Cromwell, refused it, on grounds it gave too much to The Stationers, and left too little to the public, as per:
My own words are mine alone, though I appreciate it when people offer corrections, advice, etc., though I don't always take it. However, I do always offer to publish their own version along with mine.
Michael S. Hart Founder Project Gutenberg, Inventor of eBooks