Copyright Infringement And Intellectual Property

Soon the Quartering Act was passed, directing the colonies to provide quarters for British soldiers. Americans found this oppressive because it meant that soldiers were placed in colonial homes. In 1764 Parliament passed the Stamp Act, putting a duty on most printed materials. This was a normal tax for the British as it had been going on in Britain for a long time, and it made sense that the rest of their empire would pay the same tax. This placed a burden on merchants and the colonial elite who did most legal transactions and read the newspapers. Also passed in the same year was the Declaratory Act, which stated that the colonies were subject to the will of Parliament. This made a lot of sense to the British, as Parliament was their ruling body, but, to the colonies who had become used to their own government during the years of salutory neglect, this was a direct threat to their way of life.

     The passing of the Stamp Act by Parliament in 1765 caused a rush of angry protests by the colonists in British America that perhaps "aroused and unified Americans as no previous political event ever had." It levied a tax on legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, and nearly every other form of paper used in the colonies. Adding to this hardship was the need for the tax to be paid in British sterling, not in colonial paper money. Although this duty had been in effect in England for over half a century and was already in effect in several colonies in the 1750?s, it called into question the authority of Parliament over the overseas colonies that had no representation therein.

When the Stamp Act was passed by the British in 1765, the colonists had several reactions. George Grenville, who was the British Prime MInister, persuaded Parliament to pass the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act caused several reactions because it was a law that taxed all printed goods, this included

After the Townshend acts, the Intolerable acts, and the Sugar act was passed the way the economy was working was not in the favor of the British officials. After the legislation there was more protesting and then went back to legislation and so on. “Events like the Boston Massacre in 1770, which followed the quartering troops in Boston,and the Boston Tea Party in 1773, which followed the Tea Act only served to ratchet up the tension between the mother country and its unruly colonies.” (C,97) The acts that were passed made matters worse instead of gaining the money

On the same day the British repealed the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act was passed. The Declaratory Act meant that Parliament had the authority to legislate the colonies for any reason it saw fit. Next, the Restraining Act suspended the New York Assembly for failure to recognize the Quartering Act of 1765. Then the Townshend Acts were passed in 1676. The Townshend Acts collected duties on for a number of items such as lead for paint, tea, glass, and paper.

The establishment of the 13 ccolonieswith the surplus of raw materials. Then finally in 1733 the war ended.Paragraph #6 {Stamp act}Have ever want to when,where, or why the stamp act started?The stamp act will tax newspapers,licences,and colonial paper products. A series of resoloution are published. Stating that the stamp act violates the rights of the colonists. The stamp act repealed by parliment, 1766). The stamp act started on march 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all printed papers they used. The ships papers , legal documents, licences, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. The colonial oppostion led to the Acts. Repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revlotionary movement against the british.Paragraph #7 {Declatory act:1766} Have you wondered why it is called the declatory act?The parliment can make laws. They can make laws for the colonies. They make laws anytime & anypoint and at all cases. The colonists started to feel that they are loosing all direct control. They felt like they were gonna loose control over all colonies. They feel as if the british crown belived.The declatory eneded

This act was put in place as an example not to go against British rule but had the negative affect. This act angered them so much that it

This act threw out the colonial currency. It also made a court that was meant to prosecute smugglers and the like however it was skewed to serve British interests. The colonists responded with protest.

In 1760, when George III was made kind of England, he saw that Britain are in debt because of the seven years’ war, he decided to make a way out by making the colonies be part of the payment. Likewise, he increases the taxes and make sure they did not enough partner to trade with so that they can gain more profits. To the people in the colonies they felt it was a cheat and violation of “Navigation Act” (Foner 186). Just because they did not have a representative in the parliament. In 1761, James Otis was a lawyer, who stood against the writs of assistance to combat smuggling (Foner 186). The writs were a search houses if there is an evidence of smuggling goods. In addition, some people who do not support the stamp Act oppose it and differentiate between “internal taxes” from the stamp duty, brought about the idea that the parliament do not have the right to impose any thing on them or their trade. Above all, they do not have right to tax American since they do not have

The Sugar Act was in 1764. This was passed by parliament on April 5,1764. The Sugar Act was made to raise money from the American Colonists. A three pence tax was added to sugar. Not only did the Act put tax on sugar, but also, in imported Molasses. This impacted the manufacture of rum in New England. Colonists were upset that they had to pay tax. But the colonists were even more upset that the King and Parliament had taxed the colonies

Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. The act was swiftly replaced by the Declaratory Act,

The Stamp Act which was passed by Parliament, put taxes on all of the paper products in the colonies. The document was officially passed in London, England on March 22, 1765. The major reason for putting the Stamp Act into effect was that after the British won the French and Indian War there was a lot of debt to be paid. To get rid of the debt Parliament decided to make the colonists pay for it by putting taxes on all their paper documents. Some of the paper products that were taxed were, books, newspapers, licenses, and even decks of cards. The colonists reacted by threatening tax collectors to quit their jobs, mentally and physically. Eventually the Stamp Act was repealed, leading the a new set

The Townshend Acts were a progression of four acts go by the British Parliament trying to state

Parliament decided to limit the amount of money they gave Charles because they did not trust him. They gave him taxes for a year and then he had to call parliament to get the taxes for another year. Charles closed parliament in 1629 and made money by raising taxes like ship tax. By doing this, Charles was breaking the magna carta because he raised taxes without parliament’s

A copyright gives the originator of literary, artistic, or music works the right to perform, publish, record, or print them. This can include sound recordings, paintings, photographs, films, melodies, television, radio broadcasts, cable programs, performances, and even codes to computer programs (Legal Information Institute). Since copyrights cover several different types of materials, the duration varies depending on what work is being protected. According to the Copyright Act of 1976, musical, artistic, and literary works created after January 1, 1978 have copyrights that last 70 years after the author has passed away, 95 years after publication, or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first (United States Copyright Office, 2011). However, the published editions of these works have copyrights that last 25 years after being first published. Broadcast and cable programs, on the other hand, have a copyright duration of 50 years after being created