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Printer's &c Law. Press
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whose function is sure to be beneficial.
TEXT.
Provisions proposed For the rendering every man In this view amenable, a set of
provisions to the following purport might be of
use.
Printer's name &c to be given. Let every man be punishable who circulates to the input Permit no Book or printed paper
any printed paper without or engraving to be sold that has not a this in the Title page a Printer's name
to it, with the date of the year and the place of his abode. This of course
can apply only to such publications only as may thereafter only to future works publications. To p. 8
have been published.
A false name, Forgery. If any man other Printer makes use of
any other name than his own, or puts any other than the real date punish him
as for Forgery: it is in fact a Forgery. If
no such Printer can be produced, the proof of Forgery will
be compleat. The list of Printers will not be so large, but that every
Bookseller may be master of it. The pr of provide for the accident of
the
4 Indemnity against accidents It may happen that the Printer's name
may have been to torn out. To provide against the accident
it must be deemed sufficient if the party
produce another copy of the same paper edition with
a Printer's name to it as before.
5 Printers to be responsible Let the Printer be responsible for the
contents of every Paper printed by him in the native natural language: &
& that upon the same footing consider'd as the Author. In this there is no hardship: for
To print a book of, he or his people must have read
it.
Not Booksellers But no punish make let not the any Bookseller be made other
than the Printer responsible who is not the Printer.
To punish a mere Bookseller for a libel
is to punish him for being a Bookseller. For that
is impossible for a Bookseller should read the thousandth
part of what he sells the Books he deals in is impossible. Nor is
it necessary. Prevent the making of a Libel from being made, and
you will certainly prevent the from being sold selling of it.
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