Noan Balakian, Gloria Orenstein, and Erika Duncan at The Woman's Salon.

Inscription: Verso: The Woman's Salon, New York. ; Seated on platform from left to right: Nona Balakian, Gloria Orenstein, and Erika Duncan.

Gloria Orenstein (left), Erika Duncan, and Judy Chicago (right) at the Woman's Salon

General note: Title and date provided by Freda Leinwand.

Gloria Orenstein (left), Erika Duncan, and Judy Chicago (right) at the Woman's Salon

Inscriptions: Verso: [stamped] Photograph by Freda Leinwand. [463 West Street, Studio 229G, New York, NY 10014].

Left to right: Adrienne Rich, Barbara Demin, Erika Duncan, Glora Orenstein at the Woman's Salon

Inscriptions: Verso: [stamped] Photograph by Freda Leinwand. [463 West Street, Studio 229G, New York, NY 10014].

Barbara Deming, Erika Duncan, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Orenstein at The Woman's Salon

Inscription: Verso: The Woman's Salon, New York. Seated on platform: Barbara Deming, Erika Duncan, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Orenstein.

Robin Morgan reading "Lady of the Beasts" with Erika Duncan to her right

Inscription: Verso: The Woman's Salon, New York. Robin Morgan reading "Lady of the Beasts" (left). At right is writer Erika Duncan, one of the founders of the Women's Salon.

Commentary on Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854)

The second decision of the House of Lords to consider the nature of copyright law. As was the case in Donaldson v. Becket (1774) (uk_1774) the law lords were in disagreement with the majority of common law judges invited to speak to the issue for the consideration of the House. In the course of their opinions, two of the law lords (Lord Brougham and Lord St Leonards) explicitly reject the concept of copyright at common law. Rather than a natural authorial property right, they present copyright as a purely statutory phenomenon specifically grounded in public interest concerns. Ultimately, the Lords decided that a foreign national, resident abroad, but first publishing in Britain, enjoys no protection in his work under British copyright law.