When:
May 31, 2017 all-day
2017-05-31T00:00:00-06:00
2017-06-01T00:00:00-06:00
Where:
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/firsts/copyright/
On 31 May 1790, President George Washington signed the first US copyright law. It gave protection for 14 years to books written by US citizens. In 1891 the law was extended to cover books by foreign authors as well.
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