Rethinking copyright history theory language deazley ronan 9781845422820 books amazonca. Page 4 whatsoever then he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in he hath mixed his labor with and joined to it something that is his own and thereby makes it his property it being by him removed from the common state nature placed it in it hath by this labor something annexed to it that excludes the common right of other men. America history of copyright protection followed by the african history of copyright protection since the author is a tanzanian the origin of the legal basis of copyright protection is important . Presents histories of copyright from the 18th century to the 20th century including a theory of copyright focuses on a history of the history of copyright a few chapters may be useful for me especially when pinning down the status of copyright in the early 19c through the victorian period the book as a whole is not very central to my dissertation however. Rethinking copyright history theory language by ronan deazley 2008 04 08 ronan deazley books amazonca