e title of the book, the time of
its publication, and the name and place of abode of the publisher and
proprietor of copyright. Without making such entry no proprietor can
bring an action for infringement of his copyright, but the entry is not
otherwise to affect the copyright itself. Any person deeming himself
aggrieved by an entry in the registry may complain to one of the
superior courts, which will order it to be expunged or varied if
necessary. A proprietor may bring an action on the case for infringement
of his copyright, and the defendant in such an action must give notice
of the objections to the plaintiff's title on which he means to rely. No
person except the proprietor of the copyright is allowed to import into
the British dominions for sale or hire any book first composed or
written or printed and published in the United Kingdom, and reprinted
elsewhere, under penalty of forfeiture and a fine of L10. The proprietor
of any encyclopaedia, review, magazine, periodical work, or work
published in a series of books or parts, who shall have employed any
person to compose the same, or any volumes, parts, essays, articles, or
portions thereof, for publication on the terms that the copyright
therein shall belong to such proprietor, shall enjoy the term of
copyright granted by the act.[1] But the proprietor may not publish
separately any article or review without the author's consent, nor may
the author unless he has reserved the right of separate publication.
Where neither party has reserved the right they may publish by
agreement, but the author at the end of twenty-eight years may publish
separately. Proprietors of periodical works shall be entitled to all the
benefits of registration under the act, on entering in the registry the
title, the date of first publication of the first volume or part, and
the names of proprietor and publisher.

The interpretation clause of the act defines a book to be every volume,
part, or division of a volume, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, sheet of
music, map, chart, or plan separately published.

Recent extensions.

5. During the last quarter of the 19th century the question of copyright
became continually more prominent, and a considerable extension was
given by judicial interpretation to the scope of the act of 1842.
"Literary matter of lasting benefit to the world" came to include every
publication (not being illegal) which could be described as "literary"
or "original," t