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===Connecticut Copyright Statute===
 
===Connecticut Copyright Statute===
The first formal copyright law that was enacted in the United States was the Connecticut Statute of 1783 which is based from the Statute of Anne granting an author 14 years of copyright to profit from his work and such copyright is renewable for another 14 years if he is still alive.This statute served as the basis for US Copyright Act.<ref>[http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~epflugfe/McGuffey%20project/624.4.html Connecticut Statute of 1783]</ref>
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The first formal copyright law that was enacted in the United States was the Connecticut Statute of 1783, based on the Statute of Anne, granting an author 14 years of copyright to profit from his work and renewable for another 14 years if he is still alive. This statute served as the basis for US Copyright Act.<ref>[http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~epflugfe/McGuffey%20project/624.4.html Connecticut Statute of 1783]</ref>
    
===US Federal Copyright Act of 1790===
 
===US Federal Copyright Act of 1790===

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