Monday 29 April 2013 until at 17:00
Astor Fund Visiting Lectureship 2013
Two Authors in Court: Alexander Pope and J.D. Salinger
Speaker: Professor Mark Rose, University of California, Santa Barbara
Venue: Oxford Law Faculty The Cube
Abstract: In Pope v. Curll (1741) and Salinger v. Random House (1987) two celebrated authors go to court over matters related to the publication of personal letters. Separated by two and a half centuries of legal and cultural development, each case provides access to a drama of authorship that plays itself out in the arena of the law.
Professor Rose has had extensive involvement in copyright litigation over thirty years and is one of the world’s leading historians of copyright. He is currently working on a book for Harvard University Press that focuses on six copyright cases spread over 250 years. During his time in Oxford, Professor Rose will meet with students and faculty, participate in workshops and deliver three public lectures.
For more information please see the event website or contact: Jenny Hassan
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Organised by Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre in conjunction with English Faculty
